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PRINTKD  HY  RITCHIE  A-  DUNNAVANT. 
1861. 


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FOR    THE 


ARMY    AND    NAVY 


OF    THE 


CONFEDERATE   STATES, 


RICHMOND: 

PRINTED  BY  RITCHIE  &  DUNNAYANT. 

1861. 


ARMY  AID  NAVY  LAWS. 


No.  5. — AN   ACT  to  continue  in  force  certain  laws  of  the  United 
States  of  America. 

Be  it  enacted   Jjij  the    Confederate    States  of  America  in  U.  s.  l.ws  oon- 
Congress  assembled,  That  all  the  laws  of  the  United  States  of  S-  Cnnstitmiou 

.  .  .        „  ,    .  •         \        /^  *'^  remain  in 

America,  in  force  and  in  use  in  the  Confederate  States  of  force  till  uitcred. 
America  on   the  first  day  of  November  last,  and  not  incon- 
sistent with  the  Constitution  of  the  Confederate  States,  be  and 
the  same  are  hereby  continued  in  force  until  altered  or  repealed 
by  the  Congress. 

Adopted,  February  9,  18G1. 


No.  C— A  RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  the  occupation  of  tlie  Forts 
and  Arsenals,  &c. 

Resolved  Inj  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame-  C.  S.  Gfivom- 
mi  1  •  1  1-1  nu!nt  takes 

rica,   ihat  this  government  takes  under  its  charge  the  ques-  charge  of  ques- 

,,.—      ,.  ...  ,,^  tion  of  fort.s, 

tions  and  ditncultics  now  existing  between  the  several  States  arsenals,  &c. 

of  this  Confederacy,  and  the  government  of  the  United  States 

of  America,  relating  to  the  occupation  of  furts,  arsenals,  navy 

yards  and  other  public  establishments  j  and  that  the  President 

of  the  Congress  be  directed  to  communicate  this  resolution  to 

the  several  States  of  this  Confederacy  through  the  respective 

governors  thereof. 

Adopted,  February  12,  18G1. 


ARMY   AND    NAVY   LAWS. 


No.  21. — AN  ACT  to  provide  Munitions  of  War  and  for  other  purposes 
.•^pcretary  of  Be   it  enacted    by  the    Confederate   IStates  of  America  in 

War  to  Iiro\  ide         _^  ■r77mii-r.-i  in 

Tiinnitionsof  Congress  assembled^  Ihat  the  Iresident,  oi'  the  secretary  of 
War,  under  his  direction,  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered 
to  make  contracts  for  the  purchase  and  manufacture  of  heavy 
ordnance  and  small  arms;  and  of  machinery  for  the  manufac- 
ture or  alteration  of  small  arms  and  munitions  of  war ;  and  to 
employ  the  necessary  agents  and  artisans  for  these  purposes  ; 
and  to  make  contracts  for  the  establishment  of  powder  mills 
and  the  manufacture  of  powder;  and  the  President  is  authorized 
to  make  contracts  provided  for  in  this  act,  in  such  manner  and 
on  such  terms  as  in  his  judgment  the  public  exigencies  may 
require. 

Approved,  February  20,  18G1. 


No.  2G.— AN  ACT  to  establish  the  War  Department. 
AVar  Depart-  SECTION   1.     The    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States   of 


IllCllt. 


America  do  enact,  That  an  executive  department  be  and  the 
same  is  hereby  established,  under  the  name  of  the  War  Depart- 
ment, the  chief  officer  of  which  shall  be  called  the  Secretary 
of  War. 
charKe  of  nrmy       Sec.  2.    Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  secretary  shall, 

and  Indian  ,         ,.  .  .  J  ' 

tribes.  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  President,  have  charge 

of  all  matters  and  things  connected  with  the  army,  and  with 
the  Indian  tribes  within  the  limits  of  the  Confederacy,  and 
shall  perform  such  duties  appertaining  to  the  army,  and  to  said 
Indian  tribes,  as  may  froiu  time  to  time  be  assigned  to  him  by 
the  President. 

Cliiof  clerk.  Skc.  8.    And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  secretary  of 

said  department  is  hereby  authorized  to  appoint  a  chief  clerk 
thereof,  and  as  many  inferior  clerks  as  may  be  found  necessary, 
and  may  be  authorized  by  law. 

Approved,  February  21,  1861. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES. 


No.  27.— AN  ACT  to  establish  the  Navy  Department. 

Section    1.     The    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States    0/ Naw  Depurt- 
Amerka  do  enact,  That  an  executive  department  be  and  (he 
same  is  hereby  established,  to  be  called  the  Navy  Department. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  chief  officer  of  said  Cli.-\rn;c  of  naval 
department  shall  be  called  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy,  and 
shall,  under  the  direction  and  control  of  the  President,  have 
charge  of  all  matters  and  things  connected  with  the  navy  of 
the  Confederacy,  and  shall  perform  all  such  duties  appertaining 
to  the  navy  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  assigned  to  him  by 
the  President. 

Sec.  3.    Be  it  further  enacted,  Thai  said  secretary  shall  be  chief  cicrk. 
authorized  to  appoint  a  chief  clork,  and  such  other  clerks  as 
may  be  found  necessary,  and  be  authorized  by  law. 

Approved,  February  21,  18G1. 


No.  33.— AN  ACT  in  relation  to  Public  Trintiug, 
****** 
Section  8.    The  chief  officers  of  the  executive  departments  rinofsofdopart- 
of  the  government  are   hereby  authorized   to   contract  for  all  tract  forVnot- 
necessary  printing  in  connection  with   their  several  offices,  in  '"^' 
no  case,  however,  at  higher  rates  of  compensation  than  herein- 
before prescribed  for  work  done  for  Congress. 

****** 

Sec.  10.    All  accounts  for  printing  done  for  Congress  or  any  Acmuntsfor 
one  of  the  executive  departments  shall,  before  the  same  are  s\voni"to  i*- ^^ 
allowed  and  paid,  be  sworn  to  by  the  public  printer  or  con-  wUiVvouciieiL 
tractor;  shall  be  accompanied  by  vouchers,  showing  the  cost 
of  the  paper  used  and  the  quantity  thereof,  and  shall  be  certi- 
fied to  be  correctly  made  out  under  the  law  by  at  least  two 
disinterested  practical  printers  in  no  way  connected  with  the 
office  or  business  of  the  claimant. 

****** 

Sec.  15.   All  accounts  for  printing  done,  when  rendered  as  .vnditedby 
hereinbefore  provided,   shall  be  audited  and  allowed  by   the  bXrep'ud.*"*' 
Superintendent  of  Public  Printing  before  the  same  shall  be 


Q  ARMY   AND    NAVY   LAWS. 

Appeals  (o  head  paid.     If  the  Superintendent  sliall  refuse  to  receive  any  tvork 

epar  meu  .    ^^^^^^  ^^,  ^i^^^j^  refusc  to  allow  any  account  rendered,  the  printer 

or  contractor  may  appeal  from  such  decision  to  the  head  of  the 

department,  whose  decision  on  the  appeal  shall  be  final  and 

conclusive. 

;i;  *  *  *  *  * 

Approved,  February  27.  18G1. 


Departments  of 


1^0.  S7. — AN  ACT  for  the  establishment  anr]  organization  of  a  General 
Staff  for  the  Armj'  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

Section  1.     The   Congress   of  the    Confedetate    States   of 
the  staff.  America  do  enact,  That  from  and  after  the   passing  of   this 

act,  the  general  staff  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States 
shall  consist  of  an  Adjutant  and  Inspector  General's  Depart- 
ment, Quartermaster    Greneral's   Department,  Subsistence   De- 
partment, and  the  Medical  Department. 
Oro'.inizatjon  of        ^^^-  ^-    ^^  ii  further  enacted,  That  the  Adjutant  and  In- 
fnspee"or'*"e1ie-    spector  General's  Department  shall  consist  of  one  Adjutant 
ment'*^^'''^''        ^^"'^  Inspector  General  with  the  rank  of  colonel,  four  Assistant 
Adjutants  General  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  four  Assistant 
Adjutants  General  with  the  rank  of  captain. 
-       .  Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Quartermaster  Gene- 

Organizes  quar-  •'  ' 

tennaster  gcue-   j-^pg  Department  shall  consist  of  one  Quartermaster  General 

ral's  depaitr  ^  _  . 

ment.  with  the  rank  of  colonel,  sis  Quartermasters  with  the  rank  of 

major;   and   as   many  Assistant   Quartermasters  as  may  from 

time  to  time  be  required  by  the  service  may  be  detailed  by  the 

War  Department  from  the  subalterns  of  the  line,  who,  in  addi- 

Pay  of  assistant    *'^°"  ^°  thcir  pay  in  the  line,  shall  receive  twenty  dollars  per 

;l!'!l:'"i*5-7"''^''»^''     month   while    eno;a";ed   in   that   service.      The    Quartermasters 

in  audition  to  o  o  ^ 

Quartermasters    ^^'■'^^^^  provided  for  shall  also  discharge  the  duties  of  Paymas- 
dutiea'^^"^  ''^^    *'°^'^'   under   such   regulations   as    may  be  prescribed   by   the 

Secretary  of  War. 
Orfianizes  eom-  ^EC.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Commissary  Gene- 
ment"^^ ''*'' '^'^'"  lal's  Department  shall  consist  of  one  Commissary  General  with 
the  rank  of  colonel,  four  Commissaries  with  the  rank  of  cap- 
tain; and  as  many  Assistant  Commissaries  as  may  from  time 
to  time  be  required  by  the  service  may  be  detailed  by  the  War 
Department  from  the  subalterns  of  the  line,  who,  in  addition 


CONFEDEKATE   STATES.  7 

to  their  pay  ia  the  line,  shall  receive  twenty  dollars  per  month  Assistant  quar- 

1  M  1-1  •  mi         »       •  /-v  t€riTiaster  and 

■while  engaged  in  that  service.     The  Assistant  Quartermasters  assistant  oom- 

1    »      •  /^  '  •  Till  missnrv  subjpct 

and  Assistant  Commissaries  shall  be  subject  to  duties  in  both  to  duty  in  Koth 

,  ...  departments. 

departments  at  the  same  time,  but  shall  not  receive  the  addi- 
tional compensation  but  in  one  department. 

Sec.  5.    Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Medical  Department  Or;ianizes  medi- 
shall  consist  of  one  Surgeon  General  with  the  rank  of  colonel,         "-par  men  . 
four  Surgeons  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  six  Assistant  Sur- 
geons with  the  rank  of  captain;  and  as  matiy  Assistant  Sur- 
geons as  the  service  may  require  may  be  employed  by  the 
Department  of  War,  and  receive  the  pay  of  Assistant  Surgeons. 

Sec.  6.   Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  officers  of  the  Ad-  General  staff 

±     /-I  1 )        /^  /-I  1 J  1     /~i  .  ""'  ^''>  assume 

jutant   bencral  s,   Quartermaster   Ueneral  s,  and    Commissary  (wmmanii  im- 

less  directed. 

General's  Department,  though  eligible  to  command,  according 
to  the  rank  they  hold  in  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America,  shall  not  assume  command  of  troops,  unless  put  on 
duty  under  orders  which  specially  so  direct  by  authority  of  the 
President.     The  officers  of  the  Medical  Department  shall  not  Authority  of 

.  mediciil  officers. 

exercise  command  except  in  their  own  department. 

Sec.  7.    Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  staff  officers  herein  staff  to  be  ni> 
provided  for  shall  be  appointed  by  the  President,  by  and  with  i'lvliueutf 
the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress,  and  shall  receive  such 
pay  and  allowances  as  shall  be  hereafter  established  by  law. 

Approved,  Februiji-y  26,  18G1. 


No.  43. — AN   ACT   to  raise   Provisional   Forces  for  tlie   Confederate 
States  of  America,  and  for  other  purposes. 

Section  1.     The    Congress   of  (he    Confederate    States   o/ Pi-osident  to 

4  -J  .miii  iiii  n     ,       r^  control  military 

America  do  enact,  iliat  to  enable  the  government  of  the  Con-  oiHTations  of 
federate  States  to  maintain  its  jurisdiction  over  all  questions  of  ' 
peace  and  war,  and  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,  the  Presi- 
dent be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  directed  to  assume 
control  of  all  military  operations  in  every  State,  having  refer- 
ence to  or  connection  with  questions  between  said  States,  or 
any  of  them,  and  powers  foreign  to  them. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted.  That  the  President  is  rrcsi,ient  to  rc- 
Lcreby  authorized  to  receive  from  the  several  States  the  arms  ftxJm  Slates.*''" 
and  munitions  of  war  which  have    been   acquired  from    the 


ARMY    AND    NAVY    LAWS. 


t-'tate  troops  and 
volunteers. 


United  States,  and  wbicli  are  now  in  the  forts,  arsenals  and 
navy  yards  of  the  said  States,  and  all  other  arms  and  munitions 
which  they  may  desire  to  turn  over  and  make  chargeable  to 
this  government. 

Sec.  3.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  be  author- 
ized to  receive  into  the  service  of  this  government  such  forces 
now  in  the  service  of  said  States  as  may  be  tendered,  or  who 
may  volunteer,  by  consent  of  their  State,  in  such  numbers  as 
he  may  require,  for  any  time  not  less  than  twelve  months, 
unless  sooner  discharged. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  such  forces  may  be 
received,  with  their  officers,  by  companies,  battalions  or  regi- 
ments, and  when  so  received  shall  form  a  part  of  the  Pro- 
visional Army  of  the  Confederate  States,  according  to  the 
Prpsidcnt  to  np-  terms  of  their  enlistment;  and  the  President  shall  appoint,  by 
and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  Congress,  such  general 
officer  or  officers  for  said  forces  as  may  be  necessary  for  the 
service. 

Sec.  5.  Be  it  further  enacted.  That  said  forces,  when  re- 
ceived into  the  service  of  this  government,  shall  have  the  same 
pay  and  allowances  as  may  be  provided  by  law  for  volunteers 
entering  the  service,  or  for  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States, 
and  shall  be  subject  to  the  same  rules  and  government. 

Approved,  February  28,  1861. 


Provisional 
iiriiiv. 


point  "eneral 
:in<l  other 


Provisional 
troops  to  be  paid 
jis  volunteers. 


No.  48.— AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  Public  Defence, 


President  au-  SECTION   1.      llie    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States   of 

\:e\\"'m\mlT  -A-nierica  do  enact.  That  in  order  to  provide  speedily  forces  to 
t\vei*ve*months.  rcpel  invasion,  maintain  the  rightful  possession  of  the  Con- 
federate States  of  America  in  every  portion  of  territory  belong- 
ing to  each  State,  and  to  secure  the  public  tranquility  and 
independence  against  threatened  assault,  the  President  be  and 
he  is  hereby  authorized  to  employ  the  militia,  military  and 
naval  forces  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  to  ask 
for  and  accept  the  services  of  any  number  of  volunteers,  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  thousand,  who  may  offer  their  services, 
either  as  cavalry,  mounted  riflemen,  artillery  or  infantry,  in 
such  proportion  of  these  several  arms  as  he  may  deem  espc- 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  9 

dient,  to  serve  for  twelve  months  after  they  shall  be  mustered 
into  service,  unless  sooner  discharged. 

Sec  2.    And  he  it  Jurfher  enacted,  That  the  militia,  when   :\riiitia  may  be 
called  into  service  by  virtue  of  this  act  or  any  other  act,  if  in  .«e,'^n','^ '° 
the  opinion  of  the  President  the  public  interest  requires,  may  '"°"'^''*^- 
be  compelled   to  serve  for  a  term  not   exceeding   six   months 
after  they  shall   be   mustered  into  service,  unless  sooner  dis- 
charged. 

Sec.  3.     And  he  it  furtlier  enacted,   That  said   volunteers  v..]nntooi-.- fur- 
shall  furnish  their  own  clothes,  and,  if  mounted  men,  their  own  ."vi  imrsot^n.t 
horses  and  horse  equipments;  and,  when  mustered  into  service,  (^ov'orm'i'iriit.'"^ 
shall  be  armed  by  the  States  from  which  they  come,  or  by  the 
Confederate  States  of  America. 

Sec.  4.     And  he  it  furilicr  enacted,  That   said   volunteers  v<iinnfwi-s  sni'- 

T-    11         1  11    1    •  ■  11-1  •    •         jei't  to  rn!p«  aii4 

shall,   when   called   into    actual   service,   and   while   rcmaininij  .irtiiios  of  war. 

.  1  1  1         .    1  ""    and  1)6  entitled 

therein,  be  subject  to  the  rules  and  articles  of  war,  and  instead  to  nir>ney  in 

'  .     .  ,       ^  .  li'Si'  of  clotliing. 

of  clothing,  every  nou-commissioned  officer  and  private  in  any 
company  shall  be  entitled,  when  called  into  actual  service,  to 
money  in  a  sum  equal  to  the  cost  of  clothing  of  a  non-commis- 
sioned otficer  or  private  in  the  regular  army  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America. 

Sf.C.  5.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  the  said  volunteers  Reoeired  in- 
so  offering  their  services  may  be  accepted  by  the  President  in  om «■'"«' lippoim 
companies,  squadrons,  battalions  and  regiments,  whose  officers 
shall  be  appointed  in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law  in  the 
several  States  to  which  they  shall  respectively  belong;  but 
•when  inspected,  mustered  and  received  into  the  service  of  the 
Confederate  States,  said  troops  shall  be  regarded  in  all  respects 
as  a  part  of  the  army  of  said  Confederate  States,  according  to 
the  terms  of  their  respective  enlistments. 

Sec.  6.     And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  is  PreMdont  to  or- 
bereby  authorized   to  organize   companies  so  tendering   their  nmeoi^s.".l|!]?o!?-' 
services  into  battalions  or  squadrons,  battalions  •r  scjuadrona  lX-mfoffi"ers 
into  regiments,  regiments  into  brigades,  and  briga^ps  into  divi-  -"to^s '"tatos. 
sions,  whenever  in   his  judgment  sMch   organization   may  be 
expedient;  and  whenever  brigades  or  divisions  shall  be  organ- 
ized, the  President  shall  appoint  the  commanding  officers  for 
such  brigades   and   divisions,   subject  to  the   confirmation  of 
Congress,  who  shall  hold  their  offices  only  while  such  brigades 
and  divisions  are  in  service;  and  the  President  shall,  if  neces- 
sary, apportion   the  staff  and  general  officers  among  the  re- 


ed under  State 
aws. 


10 


ARMY  AXD   NAVY  LAWS. 


Pame  orgnniz.i- 
tion  and  pay  as 
regular  army. 


Forty  cents  a 
day  to  monntod 
volunteers. 


P.iy  for  horses 
killed  in  action. 


Orjranizfition  of 
bnttaiion  and  of 
company. 


President  to  in- 
crease general 
htart". 


Bonds  to  be 
given. 


spective  States  from  which,  the  volunteers  shall  tender  their 
services,  as  he  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  7.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  whenever  the  militia 
or  volunteers  are  called  and  received  into  the  service  of  the 
Confederate  States,  under  the  provisions  of  this  act,  they  shall 
have  the  same  organization,  and  shall  have  the  same  pay  and 
allowances  as  may  be  provided  for  the  regular  army;  and  all 
mounted  non-commissioned  officers,  privates,  musicians  and 
artificers  shall  be  allowed  forty  cents  per  day  for  the  use  and 
risk  of  their  horses ;  and  if  any  volunteer  shall  not  keep  him- 
self provided  with  a  serviceable  horse,  such  volunteer  shall 
serve  on  foot.  For  horses  killed  in  action,  volunteers  shall  be 
allowed  compensation  according  to  their  appraised  value  at  the 
date  of  muster  into  service. 

Sec.  8.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  the  field  and  staff 
officers  of  a  separate  battalion  of  volunteers  shall  be  one 
lieutenant-colonel  or  major,  one  adjutant  with  the  rank  of 
lieutenant,  one  sergeant-major,  one  quartermaster  sergeant,  and 
a  chief  bugler  or  principal  musician,  according  to  corps ;  and 
that  each  company  shall  be  entitled  to  an  additional  second 
lieutenant ;  and  that  the  President  may  limit  the  privates  in 
any  volunteer  company,  according  to  his  discretion,  at  from 
sixty-four  to  one  hundred. 

Sec.  9.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  when  volunteers  or 
militia  are  called  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States  in 
such  numbers  that  the  oflicers  of  the  quartermaster,  commis- 
sary and  medical  departments,  which  may  be  authorized  by 
law  for  the  regular  service,  are  not  sufficient  to  provide  for  the 
supplying,  quartering,  transporting  and  furnishing  them  with 
the  requisite  medical  attendance,  it  shall  be  lawful  for  the 
President  to  appoint,  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Con- 
gress, as  many  additional  officers  of  said  departments  as  the 
service  may.  require,  not  exceeding  one  commissary  and  one 
quartermaster  for  each  brigade,  with  the  rank  of  major,  and 
one  as.sistant  quartermaster  with  the  rank  of  captain,  one  assist- 
ant commissary  witli  the  rank  of  captain,  one  surgeon  and  one 
assistant  surgeon  for  each  regiment;  the  sai.d  quartermasters 
and  commissaries,  assistant  quartermasters  and  commissaries, 
to  give  bonds  with  good  sureties  for  the  faithful  performance 
of  their  duties;  the  said  officers  to  be  allowed  the  same  pay  and 
emoluments  as  shall  be  allowed  to  officers  of  the  same  grade  in 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  11 

the  regular  service,  and  to  be  subject  to  the  rules  and  articles 
of  war,  and  to  continue  in  service  oulj  so  long  as  their  services 
may  be  required  in  connection  with  the  militia  or  volunteers. 

Sec.  10.     And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President  be  Parphaseor 

.  1     "  -      1  ,  ,  .      charter  of  ves- 

anu  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  purchase  or  cliarter,  arm,  equip  seis  for  Uefeuce. 
and   man  such  merchant  vessels  and  steam  ships  ^  boats  as 
may  be  found  fit  or  easily  converted  into  armed  vessels,  and  iu 
such  number  as  he  may  deem  necessary  for  the  protection  of 
the  seaboard  and  the  general  defence  of  the  country. 
Approved,  March  G,  1861. 


No.  51. — AN  ACT  to  esfablisli  nnd  organize  a  Bureau  in  connection 
with  tlio  Department  of  the  Treasury,  to  bo  knowu  as  the  Ligiit- 
bouse  Bureau. 

Section    1.     The    Connress  of  the    Confederate   States  do  chief  officer  of 

enact,   That  there  shall  be  established  in  connection  with  the  bureau— his 

pay- 
Department  of  the   Treasury  a  bureau,   to   be  known  as  the 

Lighthouse  Bureau.  The  chief  officer  of  such  bureau  shall  be 
a  captain  or  commander  of  the  navy,  detailed  for  this  service 
by  order  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States,  who  shall 
receive  as  his  compensation  the  same  pay  allowed  to  officers  of 
the  same  rank  in  the  navy.  There  shall  be  appointed  also  a  Chief  clerk. 
chief  clerk,  with  a  salary  of  twelve  hundred  dollars,  and  ac- 
counting clerk,  with  a  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  All  li2;hthouscs,  li<>;ht  vessels,  buoys,  and  other  aids  Duties  of  Bu- 
'     °  1  J    1  reau.. 

to  navigation,  all  the  officers  connected  therewith,  and  all  mat- 
ters connected  with  the  construction,  repair,  illumination, 
inspection  and  government  thereof,  and  all  duties  appertaining 
to  the  administration  of  lighthouse  affairs,  shall  be  under  the 
direction  and  control  of  the'  Lighthouse  Bureau  hereby  estab- 
lished, subject  at  all  times  to  the  superintendence  of  the  Secre- 
tary of  the  Treasury. 

Sec.  3.  The  chief  of  the  bureau  shall,  as  soon  as  possible,  inspcetorfor 

.  ^  each  district. 

divide  the  sea  coasts  or  the  Confederate  States  into  districts 
not  exceeding  five  in  number,  as  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury 
may  deem  expedient,  and  over  each  of  these  districts  the 
President  shall  appoint  an  inspector,  to  be  selected  from  the 
lieutenants  in  the  navy,  who  shall  discharge  all  the  duties  of 


12 


ARMY    AND    NAVY    LAWS. 


Engineer  offi- 
cers to  perform 
IJiilithouse 
duty. 


Thief  to  make 
annual  report. 


inspection,  survey  or  otherwise,  which  may  be  required  of  him 
by  the  chief  of  the  bui-eau.  For  these  services  the  inspectors 
shall  receive  only  their  regular  pay  in  the  navy. 

Sec.  4.  The  President  of  the  Confederate  States  may  from 
time  to  time,  at  the  request  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury, 
detail  one^  more  of  the  officers  of  the  engineer  corps  of  the 
army,  to  be  employed  under  the  direction  of  the  Lighthouse 
Bureau,  in  superintending  the  construction  or  repair  of  light- 
houses or  other  necessary  structures  in  connection  with  the 
lighthouse  establishment,  or  other  similar  duty  assigned  by  the 
Lighthouse  Bureau  in  connection  therewith. 

Sec.  5.  The  chief  of  the  bureau  shall  at  least  once  every 
year  make  a  full  report  to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  giving 
a  full  statement  of  the  operations  of  the  lighthouse  establish- 
ment. He  shall  also  from  time  to  time  give  such  information 
to  the  Secretary  of  the  Treasury  as  he  may  require  in  reference 
to  his  bureau. 

Sec.  6.  All  laws  and  jrarts  of  laws  contravening  the  pro- 
visions of  this  act  are  hereby  repealed. 

Approved,  March  6,  18G1. 


No.  52. 


-AN  ACT  for  the  establishment  and  organization  of  the  Army 
of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 


Corps  of  .army. 


Section  1.  21ie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act 
the  military  establishiLient  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be 
composed  of  one  corps  of  engineers,  one  corps  of  artillery,  six 
regiments  of  infantry,  one  regiment  of  cavalry,  and  of  the  staff 
departments  already  established  by  law. 

Sec.  2.  The  corps  of  engineers  shall  consist  of  one  colonel, 
four  majors,  five  captains,  and  one  company  of  sappers,  miners 
and  pontonicrs,  which  shall  consist  of  ten  sergeants  or  master 
workmen,  ten  corporals  or  overseers,  two  musicians,  and  thirty- 
nine  privates  of  the  first  class,  or  artificers,  and  thirty-nine 
privates  of  the  second  class,  or  laborers,  making  in  all  one 
hundred. 
Officers  of  sap-         Scc.  o.  The  Said  company  shall  be  officered  by  one  captain 

pers  and  miners  l       j  j  l 

and  their  duties,  of  the   corps  of   engineers,   and  as   many  lieutenants,   to  be 


J'.ngineer  cfirps 
organized — s;i]> 
jHTs  and 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  13 

selected  by  the  President  from  the  line  of  the  army,  as  he  may 
deem  necessary  for  the  service,  and  shall  be  instructed  in  and 
perform  all  the  duties  of  sappers,  miners  and  pontoniers,  and 
shall,  moreover,  under  the  orders  of  the  chief  engineer,  be 
liable  to  serve  by  detachments  in  overseeing  and  aiding  laborers 
upon  fortifications  or  other  works,  under  the  engineer  depart- 
ment, and  in  supervising  finished  fortifications,  as  fortkeepers, 
preventing  injury  and  making  repairs. 

Sec.  4.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  colonel  of  the  engineer  impiomentp  of 
corps,  subject  to  the  approval  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  to  pre-  niurers!  ^" 
scribe   the   number,    quantity,   form,   dimensions,   &c.,   of  the 
necessary  vehicles,  arms,  pontons,  tools,  implements,  and  other 
supplies  for  the  service  of  the  said  company  as  a  body  of  sap- 
pers, miners  and  pontoniers. 

Seo.  5.  The  Corps  of  Artillery,  which  shall  also  be  charged  Orfrnnization  of 
with    ordnance   duties,   shall   consist  of  one   colonel,  one   lieu- 
tenant colonel,  ten  majors,  and  forty  companies  of  artillerists 
and  artificers,  and  each  company  shall  consist  of  one  captain, 
two  first  lieutenants,  one  second  lieutenant,  four  sergeants,  four 
corporals,   two   musicians   and   seventy   privates.     There   shall 
also   be  one  adjutant,  to  be  selected  by  the  colonel  from   the  Adjutant. 
first  lieutenants,  and  one  sergeant-major,  to  be  selected  from 
the  enlisted   men  of  the  corps.     The  President  may  ecjuip  as  Light  batteries, 
light  batteries,   of  six    pieces    each,  such  of   these  companies 
as  he  may  deem   expedient,    not   exceeding   four,   in   time   of 
peace. 

Sec.  G.    Each    regiment   of   infantry    shall    consist   of   one  orjjanizatlon  of 
colonel,  one  lieutenant  colonel,  one  major  and  ten  companies;  infanTn". 
each  company  shall  consist  of  one  captain,  one  first  lieutenant, 
two  second  lieutenants,  four  sergeants,  four  corporals,  two  mu-  , 
sicians  and  ninety  privates;  and  to  each  regiment  there  shall 
be  attached  one  adjutant,  to  be  selected  from  the  lieutenants, 
and  one  sergeant-major,  to  be  selected  from  the  enlisted  men  of 
the  regiment. 

Sec.  7.  The  regiment  of  cavalry  shall  consist  of  one  colonel,  organization  of 
one  lieutenant-colonel,  one  major  and  ten  companies,  each  of  cuv^airy"* "' 
which   shall   consist  of  one   captain,  one  first  lieutenant,   two 
second  lieutenants,   four  sergeants,  four  corporals,  one  farrier, 
one  blacksn)ith,  two  musicians  and  sixty  privates.     There  shall 
also  be  one  adjutant  and  one  sergeant-major,  to  be  selected  as  Adjutant  an.i 

n  •  1  scrgoaut-niajor. 

aforesaid,  •• 


14 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


Brigadier  gene- 
rals. 


Aids-de-camp. 


Offieers  ap- 
pointed liy 
President. 

Enlistments  not 
for  more  than 
five  nor  less 
tlian  tiiree 
years. 

Officers  to  be 
examined. 


Promotion  by 
seniority  to  in- 
clude rank  of 
colonel. 


Promotion  to 
include  colonel 
to  be  regimen- 
tally  and  accor- 
ding to  corps. 

Brigadier  gene- 
rals selected. 


Meritorions 
non-oommis- 
.>iionC(l  i)tfic-ers 
may  be  apjjoint- 
ed  subalterns. 


Proviso. 


Pay  of  brigadier 
general  and  of 
aid  in  addition 
to  regular,  pay. 


Sec.  8.  There  shall  be  four  brigadier-generals,  who  shall  be 
assigned  to  such  commands  and  duties  as  the  President  may 
specially  direct,  and  shall  be  entitled  to  one  aid-de-camp  each, 
to  be  selected  from  the  subalterns  of  the  line  of  the  army,  who, 
in  addition  to  their  duties  as  aids-de-camp,  may  perform  the 
duties  of  assistant  adjutant-general. 

Skc.  9.  All  officers  of  the  army  shall  be  appointed  by  the 
President,  by  and  with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress, 
and  the  rank  and  file  shall  be  enlisted  for  a  term  not  less  than 
three  nor  more  than  live  years,  under  such  regulations  as  may 
be  established. 

Sec.  10.  No  officer  shall  be  appointed  in  the  army  until  he 
shall  have  passed  an  examination  satisfactory  to  the  President, 
and  in  such  manner  as  he  may  prescribe,  as  to  his  character 
and  fitness  for  the  service.  The  President,  however,  shall 
have  power  to  postpone  this  examination  for  one  year  after 
appointment,  if  in  his  judgment  necessary  for  the  public 
interest. 

Sec.  11.  All  vacancies  in  established  regiments  and  corps, 
to  and  including  the  rank  of  colonel,  shall  be  filled  by  promo- 
tion according  to  seniority,  except  in  case  of  disability  or  other 
incompetency.  Promotions  to  and  including  the  rank  of  colo- 
nel shall  be  made  regimentally  in  the  infantry  and  cavalry, 
in  the  staff  departments,  and  in  the  engineers  and  artillery, 
according  to  corps.  Appointments  to  the  rank  of  brigadier- 
general,  after  the  army  is  organized,  shall  be  made  by  selection 
from  the  army. 

Sec.  12.  The  President  of  the  Confederate  States  is  hereby 
authorized  to  appoint  to  the  lowest  grade  of  subaltern  officers 
such  meritorious  non-commissioned  officers  as  may,  upon  the 
recommendation  of  their  colonels  and  company  officers,  be 
brought  before  an  army  board,  specially  convened  for  the  pur- 
pose, and  found  qualified  for  the  duties  of  commissioned  offi- 
cers, and  to  attach  them  to  regiments  of  corps,  as  supernume- 
rary officers,  if  there  be  no  vacancies:  Provided,  There  shall 
not  be  more  than  one  so  attached  to  any  one  company  at  the 
same  time. 

Sec.  13.  The  pay  of  a  brigadier-general  shall  be  three  hun- 
dred and  one  dollars  per  month.  The  aid-de-camp  of  a  briga- 
dier-general, in  addition  to  his  pay  as  lieutenant,  shall  receive 
thirty-five  dollars  per  month. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  .  15 

Sec.  1-i.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  ofl5.ccrs  of  the  corps  of  Pay  of  cngi- 
engineers  shall  be  as  follows  :  of  the  colonel,  two  hundred  and 
ten  dollars;  of  a  major,  one  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars;  of 
a  captain,  one  hundred  and  forty  dollars;  lieutenants  serving  Lieutenr.nts 
With  the  company  oi   sappers  and  miners  shall  receive  the  pay  and  mincis. 
of  cavalry  officers  of  the  same  grade. 

Sec.  15.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  colonel  of  the  corps  of  Poy  of  artillery, 
artillery  shall  be  two  hundred  and  ten  dollars;  of  a  lieutenant- 
colonel,  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars;  of  a  major,  one 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars,  and  when  serving  on  ordnance  duty, 
one  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars;  of  a  captain,  one  hundred 
and  thirty  dollars;  of  a  first  lieutenant,  ninety  dollars;  of  a 
second  lieutenant,  eighty  dollars;    and  the  adjutant  shall  re-  Adjutant  ten 

,  ,.  .  ,  .  ,.  '  ,    ,,  dollars  addi- 

ceive,    m  addition    to   his  pay  as  lieutenant,   ten  dollars  per  tionai. 
month.     Officers  of  artillery,  serving  in  the  light  artillery,  or  Offieers  on  ord- 

p         •  1  1  1     11  •  1  rr-  iianoeduty  or 

performing  ordnance  duty,  shall  receive  the  same  pay  as  officers  ^vith  iigiit  ar- 

n  t      ^    ,  1  tillory,  cavalry 

of  cavalry  of  the  same  grade.  pay. 

Sec.  10.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  officers  of  the  infantry  Pay  of  infantry, 
shall  be  as  follows  :  of  a  colonel,  one  hundred  and  ninety -five 
dollars;  of  a  lieutenant-colonel,  one  hundred  and  seventy  dol- 
lars; of  a  major,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars;  of  a  captain, 
one  hundred  and  thirty  dollars;  of  a  fisst  lieutenant,  ninety 
dollars;  of  a  second  lieutenant,  eighty  dollars;  the  adjutant,  in  Adjutant  ten 

IT-  1  •  1-  1    11  dollars  addi- 

addition  to  his  pay  as  lieutenant,  ten  dollars.  tionat. 

Sec.  17.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  officers  of  the  cavalry  shall  Pay  of  cavalry, 
be  as  follows:  of  a  colonel,  two  hundred  and  ten  dollars;  of  a 
lieutenant-colonel,  one  hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars;  a  major, 
one  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars;  a  captain,  one  hundred  and 
forty  dollars;  a  first  lieutenant,  one  hundred  dollars;  a  second 
lieutenant,  ninety  dollars;  the  adjutant,  ten  dollars  per  month,  Adjutant  ten 

dollarsaddi- 

in  addition  to  his  pay  as  lieutenant.  tionai. 

Sec.  18.    The  pay  of  the  offieers  of  the  general  staff,  except  General  staff 

,„,,.,,  '  r      except  medical 

those  of  the  medical  department,  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  de|.artnient, 

cavalry  ))ay. 

officers  of  cavalry   of  the  same  grade.     The  surgeon-general  Surgeon  gene- 
shall  receive  an  annual  salary  of  three  thousand  dollars,  which 
shall  be  in  full  of  all  pay  and  allowances,  except  fuel  and  quar- 
ters.    The  monthly  pay  of  a  surgeon,  of  ten  years'  service  in  P'lrpoon  of  ten 
that  grade,  shall  be  two  hundred  dollars;  a  surgeon  of  less  than  J^>irKeon  ic.«s 

,        .  '  r>  than  ten  years. 

ten  years'  service  in  that  grade,  one  hundred  and  sixty-two 
dollars;  an  a.ssistant  surgeon  of  ten  years'  service  in  that 
grade,  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars;  an  assistant  surgeon  of 


16 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


Assistant  sur- 
;;con  five  years. 
Assistiint  sur- 
geon lt^^»8  tliau 
"uve  years. 

NiTC  dollars  ]x?r 
month  for  every 
i:ve  years. 


T!ii.-«  PxtendeJ 
t'>  resigned  idli- 
cvr.sof  v.  8. 


G>>uera!  oom- 
inanding  in 
field  one  hun- 
(Iri'J  dollars. 


Pav  in  n\ll. 


For.npc.  fuel 
:uul  qiuirters. 


EishtdolLirs 
t"orforii"e. 


JTorste.'  to  be 

mustered. 

Coninimation 

fit'i|iiarters. 

MilenKC. 


Allowance  of 
horses. 


I'roviso. 

Ko enlisted  man 
to  bo  employed 
as  .*ervaut. 


five  years'  service  in  that  grade,  one  hundred  and  thirty  dol- 
lars; and  an  assistant  surgeon  of  less  than  five  years'  service, 
one  hundred  and  ten  dollars. 

Stc.  19.  There  shall  be  allowed,  in  addition  to  the  pay  here- 
inbefore provided,  to  every  couimissioned  officer,  except  the 
surgeon-general,  nine  dollars  per  month  for  every  five  years' 
service;  and  to  the  officers  of  the  army  of  the  United  States, 
vho  have  resigned  or  may  resign  to  be  received  into  the  service 
of  the  Confederate  States,  this  additional  pay  shall  be  allovfed 
from  the  date  of  their  entrance  into  the  former  service.  There 
shall  also  be  an  additional  monthly  allowance  to  every  general 
officer  commanding  in  chief  a  separate  army  actually  in  the 
field,  of  one  hundred  dollars. 

Sec.  20.  The  pay  of  officers  as  hereinbefore  established  shall 
be  in  full  of  all  allowances,  except  forage,  fuel,  quarters  and 
travelling  expenses  while  travelling  under  orders.  The  allow- 
ance of  forage,  fuel  and  quarters  shall  be  fixed  by  regulations, 
and  shall  be  furnished  in  kind,  except  when  officers  are  serving 
at  stations  without  troops  where  public  quarters  cannot  be  had, 
in  which  case  they  may  be  allowed,  in  lieu  of  forage,  eight  dol- 
lars per  month  for  each  horse  to  which  they  may  be  entitled, 
provided  they  are  actually  kept  in  service  and  mustered,  and 
quarters  may  be  commuted  at  the  rate  to  be  fixed  by  the  Secre- 
tary of  War,  and  fuel  at  the  market  price  delivered.  An  officer 
when  travelling  under  orders  shall  be  allowed  mileage  at  the 
rate  of  ten  cents  per  mile. 

Sec.  21.  In  time  of  war,  officers  of  the  army  shall  be  entitled 
to  draw  forage  for  horses,  according  to  grade,  as  follows :  A 
brigadier-general,  four;  the  adjutant  and  inspector-general, 
quartermaster-general,  commissary-general,  and  the  colonels 
of  engineers,  artillery,  infantry  and  cavalry,  three  each;  all 
lieutenant-colonels  and  majors,  and  captains  of  the  general 
staff,  engineer  corps,  light  artillery  and  cavalry,  three  each ; 
lieutenants  serving  in  the  corps  of  engineers,  lieutenants  of 
light  artillery  and  of  cavalry,  two  each.  In  time  of  peace  : 
general  and  field  officers,  three ;  officers  below  the  rank  of  field 
officers,  in  the  general  staff,  corps  of  engineers,  light  artillery 
and  cavalry,  two  :  Provided  in  all  cases  that  the  horses  are 
actually  kept  in  service  and  mustered.  No  enlisted  man  in  the 
service  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be  employed  as  a  servant 
by  any  officer  of  the  army. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  17 

Sec.  22.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  enlisted  men  of  the  army  ray  of  enlisted 
of  the  Confederate  States  shall  be  as  follows  :  That  of  a  ser-  '"^"' 
geant  or  master  workman  of  the  engineer  corps,  thirty-four 
dollars;  that  of  a  corporal  ov  overseer,  twenty  dollars;  privates 
of  the  first  clas'^,  or  artificers,  seventeen  dollars;  and  privates  of 
the  second  class,  or  laborers,  and  musicians,  thirteen  dollars. 
The  sergeant-major  of  cavalry,  twenty-one  dollars;  first  ser- 
geants, twenty  dollars;  sergeants,  seventeen  dollars;  corporals, 
farriers  and  blacksmiths,  thirteen  dollars;  musicians,  thirteen 
dollars,  and  privates,  twelve  dollars.  Sergcants-niajor  of  artil- 
lery and  infantry,  twenty-one  dollars;  first  sergeants,  twenty 
dollars  each;  sergeants,  seventeen  dollars;  corporals  and  arti- 
ficers, thirteen  dollars;  musicians,  twelve  dollars,  and  privates 
eleven  dollars  each.  The  non-commissioned  officers,  artificers, 
musicians  and  privates  serving  in  light  batteries  shall  receive 
the  same  pay  as  those  of  cavalry. 

Sec.  23,  The  President  shall  be  authorized  to  enlist  as  many  Ardficcrs,  &c.  of 
master  armorers,  master  carriage-makers,  master  blacksmiths,  '''■''""°^<'- 
armorer?,  carriage  makers,  blacksmiths,  artificers,  and  laborers, 
for  ordinance  service,  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  not  exceeding 
in  all  one  hundred  men,  who  shall  be  attached  to  the  corps  of 
artillery.     The  pay  of  a  master  armorer,  master  carriage-maker,  pay  of. 
master   blacksmith,    shall   be    thirty-four  dollars  per  month ; 
armorers,  carriage-makers  and  blacksmiths,  twenty  dollars  per 
month ;  artificers,  seventeen  dollars,  and  laborers,  thirteen  dol- 
lars per  month. 

Sec.  24.  Each  enlisted  man  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  Rations  to  en- 
States  shall  receive  one  ration  per  day,  and  a  yearly  allowance 
of  clothing,  the  quantity  and  kind  of  each  to  be  established  by  ciothin'r. 
regulations  from  the  War  Department,  to  be  approved  by  the 
President. 

Sec.  25.    Rations   shall  generally  be  issued  in  kind,  but  commutation 
under  circumstances  rendering  a  commutation  necessary.     The  fixed  by  war'*^ 
commutation  value  of  the  ration  sh'all  be  fixed  by  regulations  of  ^^P*"'"^"'- 
the  War  Department,  to  be  approved  by  the  President. 

Sec.  2G.    The  officers  appointed  in  the  army  of  the  Confede-  officers  to 
rate  States  by  virtue  of  this  act,   shall  perform  all  military  [o'^^hfch'^"-'''""^ 
duties  to  which  they  may  be  severally  assigned  by  authority  of  ^^'sned. 
the  President,  and  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War 
to  prepare  and  publish  regulations,  prescribing  the  details  of  Regulations  to 
every  department  in  the  service,  for  the  general  government  of  ''^  P"'^''shed. 
9 


18 


ARMY   AXD    NAVY    LAWS. 


OflRoers  of  quar- 
termaster flud 
commissary  de- 
partments to 
give  Lx)nds. 


Quarterm  asters 
and  commissa- 
ries not  to  be 
concerned  in 
supplies. 


Nor  apply  to 
themselves  any 
gain. 


U.  S.  articles  of 
war  to  be  of 
force. 


Except. 


Brevet  commis- 
sions. 


Officer  of  high- 
est rank  to  com- 
mand unless 
assigned  by 
President. 


the  army,  ^v^1ich  regulations  sball  be  approved  by  tbe  Presi- 
dent, and  when  so  approved  shall  be  binding. 

Sec.  27.  All  officers  of  the  quartermaster's  and  commissary 
departments  shall,  previous  to  entering  on  the  duties  of  their 
respective  offices,  give  bonds  with  good  and  sufficient  sureties 
to  the  Confederate  States,  in  such  sum  as  the  Secretary  of  War 
shall  direct,  fully  to  account  for  all  moneys  and  public  property 
which  they  may  receive. 

Sec.  28.  Neither  the  quartermaster-general,  the  commis- 
sary-general, nor  an}''  or  either  of  their  assistants,  shall  be  con- 
cerned, directly  or  indirectly,  in  the  purchase  or  sale  of  any 
articles  intended  for,  making  a  part  of,  or  appertaining  to  public 
supplies,  except  for  and  on  account  of  the  Confederate  States; 
nor  shall  they,  or  either  of  them,  take  or  apply  to  his  or  their 
own  use  any  gain  or  emolument  for  negotiating  any  business  in 
their  respective  departments,  other  than  what  is  or  may  be 
allowed  by  law. 

Sec.  29.  The  Rules  and  Articles  of  War  established  by  the 
laws  of  the  United  States  of  America  for  the  government  of 
the  army  are  hereby  declared  to  be  of  force,  except  that 
wherever  the  words  "United  States"  occur,  the  words  "Con- 
federate States"  shall  be  substituted  therefor;  and  except  that 
tbe  articles  of  war  numbers  sixty-one  and  sixty-two  are  hereby 
abrogated,  and  the  following  articles  substituted  therefor  : 

Article  G1.  Officers  having  brevets  or  commissions  of  a 
prior  date  to  those  of  the  corps  in  which  they  serve  will  take 
place  on  courts  martial  or  of  inquiry,  and  on  boards  detailed  for 
military  purposes,  when  composed  of  different  corps,  according 
to  the  ranks  given  them  in  their  brevet  or  former  commissions, 
but  in  the  regiment,  corps,  or  company  to  which  such  officers 
belong,  they  shall  do  duty  and  take  rank,  both  in  courts  and  on 
boards  as  aforesaid,  which  shall  be  composed  of  their  own  corps, 
according  to  the  commission  by  which  they  are  there  mustered. 

Article  62-.  If  upon  marches,  guards,  or  in  quarters,  differ- 
ent corps  shall  happen  to  join  or  do  duty  together,  the  officer 
highest  in  rank,  according  to  the  commission  by  which  he  is 
musteyed  in  the  army,  navy,  marine  corps,  or  militia,  there  on 
duty  by  orders  from  competent  authority,  shall  command  the 
whole  and  give  orders  for  what  is  needful  for  the  service,  unless 
otherwise  directed  by  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States 
in  orders  of  special  assignment  providing  for  the  ease. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  19 

Sec.  30.    The  President  shall  call  into  the  service  of  the  President  to  call 

,         .  .fnffieient  troojis 

Confederate   fetates  only  so  many  of   the   troops  herein  pro-  to  secure  safety. 

voided  for  as  he  may  deem  the  safety  of  the  Confederacy  may 

require. 

Sec.  31.    All  laws  or  parts  of  laws  of  the  United  States,  Repeals  laws 

inconsistent. 

which  have  been  adopted  by  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate 
States,  repugnant  to  or  inconsistent  with  this  act,  arc  hereby 
repealed. 

Approved,  March  6,  1861. 


No. .53. — AN  ACT  to  crente  the  Clerical  Force  of  the  several  Execu- 
tive Departments  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  for 
other  purposes. 

Section  1.     The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  (^  Fixes  clerical 
America  do  enact,  That  the  clerical  force  of  the  several  depart- 
ments of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  shall  consist  of  the 
following:  officers  :  • 


To  the  War  Department  there  shall  be  a  chief  of  the  bureau  chief  clerk  of 
of  war,  at  an  annual  salary  of  three  thousand  dollars,  and  five  mcnt— insViy- 
clerks,    who   shall   each   receive   twelve   hundred  dollars  per  cicrks. 
annum;  and, one  of  them  may  be  appointed  disbursing  clerk, 
with  an  additional  salary  of  six  hundred  dojlars,  who  shall  give  Bonds. 
bond  with  sureties  to  be  approved  by  the  Secretary  of  War. 
There  shall  also  be  one  messenger,  whose  compensation  shall  be 
five  hundred  dollars  per  annum.     And  to  all  of  the  bureaus  of  jiessenger.  • 
the  War  Department,  viz  :  the  adjutant  and  inspector-general,  cierksofde- 

,       ,  "  .  ,       ,  partnients. 

quartermaster  general,   the  commissary-general,   the  surgeon- 
general,   the  chief  engineer  and  the  artillery,  there  shall  be 
fourteen  cicrks,  seven  of  whom  shall  receive  each  a  salary  of  Pay  of. 
twelve  hundred  dollars,  and  seven  a  salary  each  of  one  thousand 
dollars  per  annum. 

And  the  Secretary  of  War  is  hereby  authorized   to  assign  Secretary  of 

•  111  1-1  •  (v  L     -i  ■       ^^'•""  *°  assign 

said  clerks  to  duty  in  the  respective  omccs  enumerated,  as  in  clerks. 
his  judgment  will  best  promote  the  public  service.     And  to 
each  of  said   named    bureaus,    except   the   office  of  surgeon- 
general,  there  shall  be,  if  deemed  necessary  by  the  Secretary  of 


20 


I  lessen  jeer  to 
each  bureau 
except  surgeon 
general  at  $500. 


ARMY   AND    NAVY    LAWS. 

"War,  a  messenger,  at  an  annual  compensation  of  five  ehundred 
dollars. 


Popartments 
authorized  to 
employ  other 
clerks  and  la- 
borers. 


Sec.  4.  And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  the  Secretaries  of 
State,  Treasury,  War,  Navy,  Attorney-General,  and  Postmas- 
ter-General, are  hereby  authorized  to  employ  such  other  clerical 
force  in  their  respective  departments  as  the  exigencies  of  the 
public  service  may  absolutely  require,  being  limited  in  the  com- 
pensation to  the  lower  grade  of  salary  for  clerks  provided  for  in 
this  bill ;  they  are  also  empowered  to  employ  such  laborers  for 
their  respective  offices  as  may  be  required,  not  exceeding  one 
for  each  of  the  executive  depar.tments,  and  whose  compensation 
shall  not  exceed  one  dollar  and  fifty  cents  per  day. 

Approved,  March  7,  1861. 


No.  55. — AN  ACT  to  create  the  clerical  force  of  the  Navy  Department. 

Clerical  force  SECTION  1.     The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  of 

nient.^^  ^^  '  -America  do  enact,  That  the  clerical  force  of  the  Navy  Depart- 
ment shall  consist  of  one  chief  clerk,  at  a  salary  of  fifteen  hun- 
dred dollars  per  annum,  who  shall  also  perform  the  duties  of 
disbursing  agent  and  corresponding  clerk  of  said  department, 
and  receive  therefor  an  extra  compensation  of  six  hundred  dol- 
lars per  annum  ;  and  also  three  other  clerks,  two  of  whom  shall 
receive  a  salary  each  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  and 
one  a  salary  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum;  and  there 
Messenger.  shall  be  attached  to  said  department  a  messenger,  whose  annual 
compensation  shall  be  five  hundred  dollars. 
Approved,  March  8,  1861. 


No.  62. — AN  ACT  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  Three 
Thousand  Men  for  twelve  months,  to  be  called  into  service  at 
Charleston,  South  Carolina,  under  the  third  and  fourth  sections  of 
an  act  of  the  Congress  "To  raise  Provisional  Forces  for  the  Confed- 
erate States  of  America  and  for  other  purposes." 

Section   1.     The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  following  appropriations  be  made 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  21 

for  the  support  of  the  provisional  troops  called  into  service  by  Appropriation 
the  act  aforesaid  :  Pay  of  the  troops,  six  hundred  and  fifty-eight  [".^Texa^ar^ 
thousand  six  hundred  and  eighty  dollars.     Forage  for  officers'  ^^'^^''^^^t^"' «•  ^• 
horses  and  quartermasters'  animals  and  cavalry  horses,  twenty 
thousand  six  hundred  and  sixty-two  dollars.     Subsistence  for 
troops,  two  hundred  and  seventy  thousand  dollars.     Clothing 
for  the  troops,  two  hundred  thousand  dollars.     Camp  and  gait 
rison  equipage,  eighteen  thousand   two  hundred  and  sixty-seven 
dollars  and  seventy-two  cents.    Supplies  for  the  qi»nrtermaster's 
department,  seventy-six  thousand  one  hundred  and  sixty  dol- 
lars.    Fuel  for  troops  and  hospitals,   fifty-nine  thousand  nine 
hundred  and  ninety-seven  dollars.     Medical   and   hospital   de- 
partment, twenty  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  2.  And  be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  additional  sura  Additional  ..,> 
of  eight  hundred  and  sixty-thousand  two  hundred  and  twenty-  l^'°P"^t*°"- 
eight  dollars  and  forty-five  cents  is  hereby  appropriated  for  the 
support  of  two  thousand  additional  troops  to  be  called  into  the 
service  of  the  Confederate  States  for  twelve  months,  at  Charles- 
ton, South  Carolina,  whenever  in  the  discretion  of  the  Presi- 
dent their  services  may  be  required. 
Approved,  March  11,  1861. 


ing. 


No.  G3.— AN  ACT  niakinj!;  appropriations  for  the,  support  of  the  Re"-n. 
lar  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Americca  for  twelve  months 
and  for  other  purposes.  ' 

Section   1.     The    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States  o/ support  of  regu- 
Amerua  do  enact,  that  the  following  appropriations  are  made  uXe'momi.s. 
for  the  support  of  the  regular  army  for   twelve   month.'^,   viz : 
For  expenses  of  recruiting  and  for  transportation  of  recruits,  uoctuitit 
one  hundred  and   ninety-two   thousand   five  hundred  dollars. 
Pay  of  the  army,  two  millions  seventy  thousand  four  hundred  ray. 
and  eighty-four  dollars.     Forage  for  officers'  horses  and  fur  cav-  Forage, 
airy  and  light  artillery  horses,  one  hundred  and  seven  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars.     Subsistence  for  troops,  nine  hundred  and  subsistence. 
twelve  thousand  five  hundred  dollars.     Clothing  for  the  army,  clothing, 
six  hundred  and  forty-eight  thousand  seven  hundred  and  eighty 
dollars.     Camp  and  garrison  equipage,  sixty  thousand  dollars.  Camp  equipn-o. 
Supplies  for  the  ({uartcrmaster's  department— consisting  of  fuel 


22  ARMY   AND   NAVY    LAWS. 

Supplies  for        for  the  officers,  enlisted  men,  guards,  hospitals,    store-houses 

o  11  ftrte  rm  *is  t6  r*3 

tlepartmeut.  and  officers;  of  forage  in  kind  for  horses,  mules  and  oxen  of 
the  quartermaster's  department,  at  the  several  posts  and  stations 
and  with  the  armies  in  the  field ;  of  postage  on  letters  and 
packages  received  and  sent  by  officers  of  the  army  on  public 
services;  expenses  of  courts  martial  and  courts  of  inquiry, 
including  the  additional  compensation  of  judge  advocates,  re- 
corders, members  and  witnesses,  while  in  that  service;  extra 
pay  to  soldiws  employed  under  the  direction  of  the  quarter- 
master's department  in  the  erection  of  barracks,  quarters,  store- 
houses and  hospitals,  for  constant  labor  for  periods  of  not  less 
than  ten  da3-s,  including  those  employed  as  clerks;  expense  of 
interment  of  officers  killed  in  action,  or  who  die  when  on  duty 
in  the  field,  or  at  the  posts  on  the  frontiers,  and  of  non-commis- 
sioned officers  and  soldiers;  authorized  office  furniture;  hire  of 
laborers  in  the  quartermaster's  department ;  compensation  of 
clerks  of  the  officers  of  the  quartermaster's  department;  for  the 
apprehension  of  deserters  and  the  expenses  incident  to  their 
pursuit;  for  the  following  expenses  required  for  the  regiment  of 
cavalry  and  for  the  four  batteries  of  light  artillery :  namely,  the 
purchase  of  travelling  forges,  blacksmith's  and  shoeing  tools, 
horse  and  mule  shoes  and  nails,  iron  and  steel  for  shoeing; 
medicine  for  horses  and  mules;  picket  ropes,  and  for  shoeing 
the  horses  of  the  corps  named — three  hundred  and  fifty-three 
thousand  nine  hundred  and  fifty-six  dollars.  For  construTjting 
barracks  and  other  buildings  at  posts  which  it  may  be  necessary 
to  occupy  during  the  year,  and  for  repairing,  altering  and 
enlarging  buildings  at  the  established  posts,  including  hire  or 
commutation  of  quarters  for  officers  on  military  duty,  hire  of 
quarters  for  troops,  of  store-houses  for  the  safe  keeping  of  mili- 
tary stores,  and  of  grounds  for  summer  cantonments  and  for 
*  temporary  frontier  stations,  for  commutation  of  forage  for 
officers'  horses  when  it  cannot  be  drawn  in  kind,  three  hundred 

Mileage.  and  fifty  thousand  dollars.     For  mileage,  or  the  allowance  made 

to  officers  of  the  army  for  the  transportation  of  themselves  and 
their  baggage  when  travelling  on  duty  without  troops,  escorts 

Proviso.  Qj.  svipplies,  thirty-five  thousand  dollars :   Provided,  That  mile- 

age shall  not  be  allowed  when  the  officer  has  been  transferred 
or  relieved  at  his  own  request.  For  transportation  of  the 
army — including  the  baggage  of  the  troops  when  moving  either 
by  land  or  water,  of  horse  equipments,  and  of  subsistence — 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  23 

from  the  places  of  purchase,  and  from  the  places  of  delivery 
under  contract,  to  such  places  as  the  circumstances  of  the  ser- 
vice may  require  them  to  be  sent,  of  ordnance,  ordnance  stores 
and  small  arms,  freights,  wharfage,  tools,  and  ferriages,  hire  of 
horses,  mules  and  oxen,  and  the  purchase  and  repair  of  wagons, 
carts  and  drays,  and  of  ships  and  other  sea-going  vessels 
required  for  the  transportation  of  supplies  and  for  garrison  pur- 
poses, for  drayage  and  cartage  at  the  several  posts,  hire  of 
teamsters,  transportation  of  funds  for  the  disbursing  depart- 
ments, the  expense  of  public  transports  on  the  various  rivers, 
the  Gulf  of  Mexico  and  the  Atlantic,  six  hundred  and  fifty 
thousand  dollars.  For  the  purchase  of  horses  for  the  regiment 
of  cavalry  and  four  batteries  of  light  artillery,  one  hundred  and 
sixty-three  thousand  two  hundred  dollars.  Contingencies  of  Contingencies. 
the  army,  fifteen  thousand  dollars.  For  the  medical  and  bos-  Medical  depart- 
pital  departments,  seventy-five  thousand  dollars.  Contingencies  Adjut'ant-gcnc- 
of  the  adjutant  general's  department,  six  hundred  dollars. 
Armament  of  fortifications  and  purchase  of  light  artillery,  two  Armament  and 

1,,  ^     no  1  -1111  T-.1  p  purchase  of  ar- 

uundred   and   nity   thousand   dollars,     rurcbase,   manuiacturc  tiiicry. 
and  alteration  of  small  arms,  four  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  Arm,«,  &c. 
dollars.     For  ordnance,  ordnance  stores  and  supplies,  including  Ordnance, 
horse  equipments  for  the  regiment  of  cavalry  and  for  light  bat-  Horses, 
teries,  one  hundred  and  ninety-nine  thousand  five  hundred  and 
forty  dollars. 

Sec.  2,    And  he  it  further  enacted,  That   the   Secretary  of  President  may 
"War,  under  the  direction  of  the  President,  be,  and  he  is  hereby  uon  uf pnnis- 
authorized  to  apply  any  portion  of  the  appropriations  made  by 
this  act  to  the  support  of  the  provisional  forces  which  may  be 
called  into  service,  whenever  in  his  opinion  the  same  may  be 
necessary. 

Approved,  March  11,  18G1. 


ioual  army. 


No.  C6. — AN  ACT  making  Appropriations  to  carry  out  tlie  provisions 
of  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  Public  Defence." 

The    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States  of  America    do  Appropriation 
enact,  That  to  enable  the  President  to   carry  into  effect   the  MarchVh. 
provisions  of  the  act  of  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States, 
entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  and  to 


24 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


provide  for  the  pay,  subsistence  and  transportation  of  sucli 
volunteer  forces  as  may  be  called  into  service  by  authority  of 
the  said  act,  the  sum  of  iave  millions  of  dollars,  or  as  much 
thereof  as  may  be  necessary,  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated from  any  moneys  in  -the  treasury  cot  otherwise 
appropriated. 

ArPROVED,  March  12,  1861. 


Reorganizes 
tlie  aa.jutant 
and  inspeetor- 
general's  de- 
pcartment. 


Adds  one  briga- 
dier. 


President  may 
assign  brigadier 
to  duty  of  adju- 
tant and  inspec- 
tor-general. 

Re-organizes 
quart«rm.'ister 
general's  de- 
partment. 


Re-organizcs 
ooinniissary- 
.;-'eiicr:il's  de- 
jiartment. 


Assistants  to  be 
detiiiled  with 
additional  nay 
of  twenty  dof- 
lars. 


No.  G7. — AN  ACT  amendatory  of  an  Act  for  the  orfcanization  of  tbe 
Staff  Departments  of  the  Army,  and  an  Act  for  the  establishment 
and  organization  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  adjutant  and  inspector-general's 
department  shall  consist  of  tvi^o  assistant  adjutants-general  with 
the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel,  two  assistant  adjutants-general 
with  the  rank  of  major,  and  four  assistant  adjutants-general 
with  the  rank  of  captain. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  there  shall  be  added 
one  brigadier-general  to  those  heretofore  authorized  by  law, 
and  that  any  one  of  the  brigadier-generals  of  the  army  of  the 
Confederate  States  may  be  assigned  to  the  duty  of  the  adjutant 
and  inspector-general,  at  the  discretion  of  the  IVesident. 

Sec.  3.  Be  if  further  enacted,  That  the  quartermaster-gene- 
ral's department  shall  consist  of  one  quartermaster-general  with 
the  rank  of  colonel,  one  assistant  quartermaster-general  with 
the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel,  four  assistant  quartermasters 
with  the  rank  of  raajnr,  and  such  other  officers  in  that  depart- 
ment as  are  already  provided  by  law. 

Sec.  4.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  commissary-general's 
department  shall  consist  of  one  commissary-general  with  the 
rank  of  colonel,  one  commissary  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant- 
colonel,  one  commissary  with  the  rank  of  major,  and  three 
commissaries  with  the  rank  'of  captain ;  and  as  many  assistant 
commissaries  as  may  from  time  to  time  be  required  by  the 
service  may  be  detailed  by  the  War  Department  from  the  sub- 
alterns of  the  line,  who,  in  addition  to  their  pay  in  the  line, 
shall  receive  twenty  dollars  per  month  while  engaged  in  that 
service. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  25 

Sf.C.  5.    Be  it  further  enacted,  That  in  all  cases  of  ofl&ccrs  Commissions  of 
.  ....  11-     officers  resiffned 

who  have  resigned,  or  who  may  within  six  months  tender  their  from  Uniteci 

^   ^  States. 

resignations  from  the  Army  of  the  United  States,  and  who 
liave  been  or  may  be  appointed  to  original  vacancies  in  the 
Army  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  commissions  issued  shall 
bear  one  and  the  same  date,  so  that  the  relative  rank  of  officers 
of  each  grade  shall  be  determined  by  the  former  commissions 
in  the  United  States  Army,  held  anterior  to  tlie  secession  of 
these  Confederate  States  from  the  United  States. 

Sec.  G.    Ih  it  farther  enacted,  That  every  officer,  non-com-  o.ath  of  officers 

.         '■^'"^  men. 

missioned  officer,  musician  and  private  shall  take  and  subscribe 
the  following  oath  or  affirmation,  to  wit:  "I,  A.  B  ,  do  sol- 
emnly swear  or  affirm  (as  the  case  may  be)  that  while  I  con- 
tinue in  the  service  I  will  bear  true  faith  and  yield  obedience 
to  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  that  I  will  serve 
them  honestly  and  faithfully  against  their  enemies,  and  that  I 
will  observe  and  obey  the  orders  of  the  President  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  and  the  orders  of  the  officers  appointed  over 
me,  according  to  the  rules  and  articles  of  war." 

Sec.  7.    Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all   laws  and  parts  of  Reyicals  .ill  laws 
1  •!•       •  •  1  •  ^  11  11        militating 

laws  mihtating  against  this  act  be  and   the  same   are  hereby  against. 
repealed. 

ArPROVED,  March  14,  18G1. 


No.  70. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  organization  of  tlie  Navy. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  r*/"  Organizes  nuv)-. 
America  do  enact,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  ap- 
point, in  the  manner  prescribed  by  law,  the  following  Com- 
missioned Officers  of  the  Navy,  viz :  Four  captains,  four 
commanders,  thirty  lieutenants,  five  surgeons,  five  assistant  sur- 
geons, six  paymasters  and  two  chief  engineers,  and  to  employ 
as  many  masters,  midshipmen,  engineers,  naval  constructors, 
boatswains,  gunners,  carpenters,  sailmakers  and  other  warrant 
and  petty  officers  and  seamen  as  he  may  deem  necessary,  not  to 
exceed  in  the  aggregate  three  thousand.  « 

Sec.  2.  The  annual  pay  of  said  officers  shall  be  as  follows,  viz  : 
Captains,  when  commanding  squadrons,  five  thousand  dollars.  Pay. 


26  ARMY  AND   NAVY   LAWS. 

All  otlicr  captains  on  duty  at  sea,  four  thousand  two  hundred 
dollars. 

On  other  duty,  three  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  three  thousand  dollars. 
Pay  Commanders. — Every  commander  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the 

first  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two  thousand 
eight  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
three  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Every  commander  on  other  duty,  for  the  first  five  years  after 
the  date  of  his  commission,  two  thousand  six  huudred  and 
sixty-two  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  eight  hundred  and  twenty-five  dollars. 

All  other  commanders,  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars. 

Lieutenants  commanding  at  sea,  two  thousand  five  hundred 
and  fifty  dollars. 
Tay  Lieutenants. — Every  lieutenant  on  duty  at  sea,  one  thousand 

five  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  seven  years'  sea  service  in  the 
nav}',  one  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  nine  years'  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand nine  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  eleven  years'  sea  service,  two  thou- 
sand one  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  thirteen  years'  sea  service,  two 
thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Every  lieutenant  on  other  duty  shall  receive  one  thousand 
five  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  seven  years'  sea  service  in  the  navy, 
cue  thousand  six  hundred  doUirs. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  nine  years'  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand seven  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  eleven  years'  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  thirteen  years'  sea  service,  one 
thousacd  eight  hundred  and  seventy-five  dollars. 

Every  lieutenant  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  one  thousand 
two  hundred  dollars. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  27 

After  he  sliall  have  seen  seven  years'  sea  service  in  the  navy, 
one  thousand  two  hundred  and  sixty-six  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  nine  years'  soa  service,  one  thou- 
sand three  hundred  and  thirty-three  dollars. 

After  he  shall  have  seen  eleven  years'  sea  service,  one  thou- 
sand and  four  hundred  dollars. 

After  he   shall   have  seen   thirteen  years'  sea  service,  one 
thousand  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

3Ias(eys. — Every  master  in  the  line  of  promotion,  when  on  Pay. 
duty  as  such  at  sea,  one  thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

When  on  other  duty,  one  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  eight  hundred  and  twenty- 
five  dollars. 

3Iuhliijwicn. — Every  midshipman  at  sea,  five  hundred  and  l^'^y- 
fifty  dollars. 

When  on  other  duty,  five  hundred  dollars. 

AVhcn  on   leave   or  waiting   orders,  four  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars. 

Suri/co7)s. — Every  surgeon  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the  first  five  Pay- 
years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as  surgeon,  two  thou- 
sand two  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years'  after  the  date  of  his  commission 
as  surgeon,  two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  and  upward,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission  as  surgeon,  three  thousand  dollars. 

Fleet  surgeons,  three  thousand  three  hundred  dollar^. 

Every  surgeon  on  other  duty,  for  the  first  five  years  afiter  the 
date  of  his  commission  as  surgeon,  two  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

Every  surgeon  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  for  the  first  five 


28  ARMY   AND    NAVY   LAAV3. 

years  after  the  date  of  bis  commission  as  surgeon,  one  thousand 
six  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  one  tbousaand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  one  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission  as 
surgeon,  two  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  and  upwards,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission  as  surgeon,  two  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 
Pay.  •  Assistant   Surgeons. — Every  assistant   surgeon   on    duty  at 

sea,  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

When  on  other  duty,  one  thousaud  and  fifty  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting*  orders,  eight  hundred  dollars, 
ray.  Paymasters. — Every  paymaster  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the  first 

five  years    after    the    date    of  his    commission,   two   thousand 
dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years  and  upwards  after  the  date  of  his  commis- 
sion, three  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

Every  paymaster  on  other  duty,  for  the  first  five  years  after 
the  date  of  his  commission,  one  thousand  eight  hundred 
dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thoiv^and  one  hundred  dollars. 

For  .the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  ye9,rs  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  and  upwards,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission,  two  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

Every  p.iymaster  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  for  the  first  five 
years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  one  thousand  four  hun- 
dred dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
one  thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  29 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
one  thousand  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  dollars. 

For  twenty  years'  service  and  upwards,  after  the  date  of  his 
commission,  two  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Eugincers. — Every  chief  engineer  on  duty,  for  the  first  five  Pay. 
years   after   the   date   of  his   commission,  one   thousand   eight 
hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  j'cars  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
two  thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  tlie  date  jof  his  commission, 
two  thousand  four  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

After  fifteen  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission,  two 
thousand  six  hundred  dollars. 

Every  chief  engineer  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  for  the  first 
five  years  after  the  date  of  his  comiuission,  one  thousand  two 
hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
one  thousand  three  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  five  years  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
one  thousand  four  hundred  dollars. 

After  fifteen  years'  service  after  the  date  of  his  commission, 
one  thousand  five  hundred  dollars. 

Every  first  assistant  engineer  on  duty,  one  thousand  two 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

"When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  nine  hundred  dollars. 

Every  second  assistant  engineer  on  ^wiy,  one  thousand 
dollai'^. 

"When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  seven  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars. 

Every  third  assistant  engineer  on  duty,  seven  hundred  and 
fifty  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders,  six  hundred  dollars. 
Warrant  Officers. — Every  boatswain,  gunner,  carpenter  and  pay. 
sail-maker  on  duty  at  sea,  for  the  first  three  years'  sea  service 
after  the  date  of  his  warrant,  one  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  second  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  one  thousand  one  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

For  the  third  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  one  thousand  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 


k 


30 


ARMY   AND   NAVY    LAWS. 


President's  ap- 
pointments to 
hold  until  next 
session. 


Ck)niputing 
length  of  ser- 
vice. 


Sorviee  nt  sea 
regarded  as  sea 
service. 


Seamen's  pnj-. 


For  the  fourth  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
•warrant,  one  thousand  three  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

For  twelve  years'  sea  service  and  upwards,  one  thousand  four 
hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

When  on  other  duty : 

For  the  first  three  years  of  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  nine  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  three  years  of  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  one  thousand  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  t^iree  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  one  thousand  one  hundred  dollars. 

For  twelve  years'  sea  service  and  -upwards,  one  thousand  two 
hundred  dollars. 

When  on  leave  or  waiting  orders  : 

For  the  first  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  six  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  second  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  seven  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  third  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  eight  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  fourth  three  years'  sea  service  after  the  date  of  his 
warrant,  nine  hundred  dallars. 

For  twelve  years'  sea  service  and  upwards,  one  thousand 
dollars. 

And  he  it  further  enacted,  That  the  commissioned  ofiicars 
hereinbefore  provided  for,  and  who  shall  not  be  nominated 
before  the  adjournment  of  Congress,  may  be  appointed  by  the 
President  during  the  recess,  to  hold  their  commissions  until  the 
next  session  of  Congress. 

Sec.  3.  In  computing  the  length  of  service  of  such  officers 
as  were  attached  to  the  navy  of  the  United  States,  but  who 
have  resigned,  and  have  been  or  may  be  received  irito  the  ser- 
vice of  the  Confederate  States,  their  period  of  service  in  the 
navy  of  the  United  States  shall  be  included,  and  no  service 
shall  be  regarded  as  sea  service  in  the  purview  of  said  act  but 
such  as  shall  be  actually  performed  at  sea,  and  in  vessels 
employed  by  authority  of  law. 

Sec.  4.  The  pay  of  seamen  of  the  navy  shall  be  determined 
by  the  President,  and  may  be  altered  by  him  from  time  to  time 
as  circumstances  may  require. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  31 

Sec.  5.    There  shall  be  a  corps  of  marines,  to  consist  of  one  Organization  of 

corps  of  ma- 
major,  one  quartenuaster,  one   paymaster,  one  adjutant,   one  riues. 

sergeant-major,  one  quartermaster-sergeant,  and  six  companies; 
each  company  to  consist  of  one  captain,  one  first  and  one 
second  lieutenant,  four  sergeants,  four  corporals,  one  hundred 
men  and  two  musicians ;  and  the  pay  and  allowances  of  the  Pay- 
officers  and  enlisted  men  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  the 
officers  and  enlisted  men  of  like  grade  in  the  infantry  of  the 
army,  except  that  the  ration  of  the  enlisted  marines  shall  be 
the  ration  allowed  by  law  to  seayicn. 

Sec.  G.    The  following  officers  shall  be  attached  to  the  Navy  (""ri^innnco 

°  •>    ofticer. 

Department,  to  wit :  An  officer,  not  below  the  grade  of  com- 
mander, who  shall  be  charged  with  the  purchase  or  preparation 
of  ordnance,  ordnance  stores  and  supplies  and  equipments,  and 
with  hydrography,  and  with  such  other  duties  as  the  Secretary 
of  the  Navy  may  from  time  to  time  assign  to  him ;  an  officer 
not  below  the  grade  of  lieutenant,  to  be  designated  as  the 
officer  of  orders  and  detail,  who  shall,  under  the  orders  of  the  Orders  and 

'  .  '  .       detail. 

Secretary  of  the  Navy,  prepare  and  issue  all  orders  and  details 

for  service,   and   who  shall  also,   under  the  direction  of  the 

Secretary  of  the  Navy,  have  charge  of  all  matters  and  things 

connected  with  courts  martial  and  courts  of  inquiry,  and  with 

the  custody  of  all  records  and  papers  thereunto  appertaining, 

and  perform  such  other  duties  relating  to  the  personnel  of  the 

navy  as  the  Secretary  may  from  time  to  time  direct ;  a  surgeon  Medical. 

or  an  assistant  surgeon,  who  shall,  under  the  direction  of  the 

Secretary  of  the  Navy,  make  all  purchases  of  medicines  and 

medical  supplies  for  the  navy,  and  perform  such  other  duties 

appertaining  to  the  medical  department  as  the  Secretary  may 

from  time  to  time  direct ;  a  paymaster,  who  shall,  under  the  Paymaster. 

direction  of  the  Secretary  of  the  Nav}',  make  all  contracts  for  • 

or  purchases  of  provisions,  clothing  and  coal  for  the  use  of  the 

navy,  and  perform   such  other  duties  as  the  Secretary  may 

direct.     The  Secretary  of  the  Navy  is  authorized  to  appoint 

one  clerk  to  aid  each  of  the  above  officers  in  the  discharge  Clerks. 

of  his  duties,   whose  annual   salary  shall   not   exceed  fifteen  Pay. 

hundred  dollars  each  :   but  the  officers  therein  detailed  for  duty  Officers  detailed 

.in  navy  depart- 

shall  receive  no  compensation  for  their  services  beyond  their  ment  to  receive 

no  extra  pay. 

regular  pay  as  on  other  duty. 

Sec.  7.    It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  quartermaster  of  the  Qii.nrtermn.st«r 

*  .  ~     ,       marines  to  visit 

marine  corps  to  visit  the  difi'erent  posts  where  portions  of  the  posts. 


32  ARMY   AND    NAVY   LAWS. 

corps  may  be  stationed,  as  often  as  may  be  necessary  for  tlie 
proper  discbarge  of  bis  duties. 
>,-T-\:iry  V.  Sec.  8.    It  sball  be  tbe  duty  of  tbe  Secretary  of  tbe  Navy 

publish  regula-  -i     •  n        \ 

tioiis.  to  prepare  and  publish  regulations  for  tbe  general  government 

of  all  persons  connected  witb  or  employed  in  tbe  naval  service, 

wbicb  regulations  sball   take  effect  as  soon  as  tbcy  sball  be 

approved  by  tbe  President  and  published. 

inited statos  Sec.  9.     All  laws  of  the  United  States  heretofore  enacted 

naval  laws,  not 

inconsistent,  to    for  (he  (rovcmmcnt  of  tbe  ofBcers,  seamen  and  marines  of  the 

govern.  ^ 

navy  of  the  United  States,  that  are  not  inconsistent  witb  the 

provi-sions  of  this  act,  are  hereby  adopted  and  applied  to  the 

officers,  seanicQ  and  marines  of  the  navy  of  the  Confederate 

States. 

rresidcnt  to  (K>       Sec.  10.    The   President  may  determine   tbe   relative  and 

tennine  relntivo  ...         ,  ■,        >  ■  t        rr  /•!  iiiiii  i 

.•irmy  anil  navy    assuuilatcd  rank  wiiicb  omcers  of  the  navy  shall  hold  toward 
rank. 

those  or  the  army. 

Approved,  March  10,  1861. 


No.  72.— RESOLUTIONS  in  reference  to  Forts,  Dock  yards,  Reserva- 
'  tions  and  Property  ceded  to  the  Confederate  States. 

ritatos  recom-  Resolved  hj  the    Congress  of  the    Confederate   States,  That 

to^confederate "  t-^^G  Congress  do  recommend  to   the  respective  States  to  cede 

arsenais?navy     the  forts,  arsenals,   navy-yards,-  dock-yards  and   other  public 

•  ■'     '     ■  establishments  within  their  respective  limits  to  the  Confederate 

States,  and,  moreover,  to  cede  so  much  of  the  lands  reserved 

heretofore  by  tl;e  government  of  the  United  States,  or  other 

public  vacant  lands  in  their  respective  limits  as  may  be  ncces- 

*  s<ary  for  timber  or  lumber, faf  naval  or  other  purposes  of  public 

concern;  and  that  tbe  President  of  Congress  be  requested  to 

communicate  these  resolutions  and  tbe  accompanying  report  to 

the  (Jovernors  of  the  respective  States. 

Prej^ident  .lu-  Resolved  further,  That  in  case  of  such  cession,  the  Presi- 

tliorized  to  take    ,,  ii-ii  ^       ^       i  ^  i  i 

til  arse  of  ceded    dcnt  uc  and  he  IS  Iiereby  authorized  and  empowered  to  take 
j.rop^rty.  .  .  i    i 

charge  or  any  such  property  ceded. 

Approved,  March  15,  18G1. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  33 


No.  75. — AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  Construction  or  Purchase  of  ten 
Guuboats. 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do  Ten  steam  j»uu- 
enact,  That  the  President  be  and  be  is  bercby  authorized  to  defence. 
causd  to  be  constructed  or  purchased  ten  steam  gun-boats,  for 
coast  defence,  whereof  five  shall  be  of  a  tonnage  not  exceeding 
seven  hundred  and  fifty  tons,  and  five  of  a  tonnage  not  exceed-  • 
ing  one  thousand  tons. 

ArPROVED,  March  15,  18G1. 


No.  8G.— AN  ACT  to  establish  the  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs. 
Section   1.     The    Congress   of  the    Confederate   States  q/"  Bureau  of  lu- 

j  •        1  mi  1  T  •        1    1  -1       TIT       -T-i       dian  affairs., 

America  do  enact,  1  hat  an  additional  bureau  in  the  Avar  JJe- 

partment  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  established,  to  be  known 
as  the  Bureau  pf  Indian  Affairs,  and  charged  with  the  manage- 
ment of  our  relations  with  the  Indian  tribes. 

Sec.  2.     Be  it  further  enacted,  That  the  President,  by  and  Commissioner 

.  authorized  and 

with  the  advice  and  consent  of  the  Congress,  may  appoint  a  o'erk. 
Commissioner  of  Indian  Affairs  and  one  clerk,  to  take  charge 
of  the  business  of  the  bureau  hereby  established ;  the  salary  of  Salary. 
the  commissioner  to  be  twenty-five  hundred  dollars  per  annum, 
and  the  salary  of  the  clerk  fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum. 

ArrROVED,  March  15,  18G1. 


No.  89. — AN  ACT  making  Appropriations  for  the  support  of  the  Navy 
for  the  year  cuding  fourtii  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
two. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate   States  do  enact,  That  the  Appropriations, 
following  sums  be  and  the  same  are  hereby  appropriated  for 
the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the  year  ending  the  fourth 
day  of  February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two, 
namely : 

1st.    For  the  pay  of  ofiicers  of  the  navy  on  duty  and  off  Pay  of  otBcers. 
duty,  based  upon  the  presumption  that  all  the  grades  author- 
3 


34 


ARMY   AND    NAVY   LAWS. 


Pay  of  marine 
corps. 


Provisions  and 
clothing. 


Petty  officers, 
seamen,  &c. 


Coal. 


Ten  gun-boats. 


Sloop  Fulton. 


Officers  and 
others  at  Pensa- 
cola  navy  yard. 


Four  clerks  of 
Navy  Depart- 
ment. 


ized  by  the  act  of  18G1  will  be  filled,  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

2d.  For  the  pay  of  officers,  non-commissioned  officers,  musi- 
cians and  privates  of  the  marine  corps,  one  hundred  and 
seventy-fivo  thousand  five  hundred  and  twelve  dollars. 

3d.  For  provisions  and  clothing  and  contingencLes  in^pay- 
mastcr's  department,  one  hundred  and  thirty-three  thousand 
.eight  hundred  and  sixty  dollars. 

4th.  For  the  pay  of  warrant  and  petty  officers,  and  of  five 
hundred  seamen,  ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and  boys,  and 
engineer's  department,  one  hundred  and  sixty-eight  thousand 
dollars. 

5th.  For  expenditures  which  will  be  required  for  coal  for 
the  use  of  steamers,  two  hundred  and  thirty-five  thousand 
dollars. 

6th.  For  the  probable  cost  of  ten  steam  gun-boats  for  coast 
defences  of  the  Confederate  States,  to  be  built  or  purchased  as 
may  be  most  convenient,  one  million  one  hundred  thousand 
dollars. 

7th.  For  the  probable  cost  of  completing  and  equipping  the 
steam  sloop  Fulton,  now  at  the  Pensacola  navy  yard,  twenty- 
five  thousand  dollars. 

8th.  For  the  pay  of  officers  and  others  at  the  navy  yard, 
Pensacola,  fifty-four  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-three 
dollars. 

9th.  For  compensation  of  four  clerks  on  duty  at  the  Navy 
Department  as  per  act  of  11th  March,  at  fifteen  hundred  dol- 
lars each,  six  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  March  15,  1861. 


No.  90. — AN   ACT   supplementary  to   an   act   entitled,   "An   act  to 
organizo  the  Navy." 


President  may  Tlic    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do 

sionsofresiRned  enact,  That  in  case  officers  who  were  formerly  attached  to  the 
officers  to'se-       navy  of  the  United  States,  but  had  resigned  in  consequence  of 
tive  positions. '    the  Secession  of  any  one,  or  of  all  of  the  Confederate  States, 
should  receive  appointments  in  the  navy  of  the  Confederate 
States,  the  President  is  authorized  to  affix  to  their  commis- 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  35 

sions  such  dates  as  may  be  necessary  to  secure  to  them  the 
same  relative  position  that  they  held  in  the  former  service. 
Approved,  March  16,  18G1. 


No.  92.— A  RESOLUTION  to  pay  ccrt!\in  Naval  Officers  their  Travel- 
ing Expenses. 

The    Covgreas   of  tlie    Covfederate    States   of  America  do  Tmroiin!:  cx- 
rcsolve,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  be  and  he  is  hereby  lers^'summoiiod 
authorized  to  pay  to  Samuel  Rousseau,  Joseph  Tatnall,  Victor  on  navaTaffelrs. 
M.   Randolph,    J.   T).   Ingraham    and   Rapheal    Semmes,   late 
officers  of  the  navy  of  the  United  States,  who  were  summoned 
to  this  city  by  the  Committee  on  Naval  Affairs,  in  pursuance 
of  authority  conferred  on  said  committee  by  a  resolution  of 
this  body,   adopted  on   the  fourteenth   day  of  February,  one 
thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-one,  their  traveling  expenses 
at  the  rate  prescribed  by  law. 

Approved,  March  15,  1861. 


No.  97. — AN  ACT  malsing  a'lditional  appropriations  for  the  support 
of  the  Army,  for  the  year  ending  the  fii'st  of  March,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two. 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do  Pnrch.iseoford- 


enact,  That  the  following  sum  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  ap- 
propriated out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated,  namely :  For  the  purchase  of  ordnance  and  ord- 
nance stores,  one  hundred  and  ten  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  March  16,  1861. 


nmieo  an<l  ord- 
nance stores. 


No.   100. — AN   ACT   making   appropriation   for   the    service    of   the 
Bureau  of  Indian  AflFairs. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  Arproprintion 
enact,  That  the  following  sum  be  and  the  sam?  is  hereby  ap-  K"uAftk"4. 
propriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise 


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Commissioner 
and  chief  clerk. 


ARMY   AND    NAVY   LAWS. 

appropriated,  for  the  service  of  the  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs, 
for  the  year  ending  lirst  of  March,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-two,  namely  :  For  the  salary  of  the  commissioner  and 
chief  clerk  of  the  Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs  and  incidental 
expenses  of  the  bureau,  five  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  March  16,  1861. 


Ch.iiilftins  to 
army. 


Pay. 


No..  102. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  appointment  of  Chaplains  in  the 

Army. 

Section  1.  The  Conr/ress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  there  shall  be  appointed  by  the  Presi- 
dent such  number  of  chaplains,  to  serve  with  the  armies  of  the 
Confederate  States  during  the  existing  vrar,  as  he  may  deem 
expedient;  and  the  President  shall  assign  them  to  such  regi- 
ments, brigades  or  posts  as  he  may  deem  necessary;  and  the 
appointments  made  as  aforesaid  shall  expire  whenever  the 
existing  war  shall  terminate. 

Sec.  2.  The  monthly  pay  of  said  chaplains  shall  be  eighty- 
five  dollars;  and  said  pay  shall  be  in  full  of  all  allowances 
whatever. 

Approved,  May  3,  1861. 


Organizes  regi- 
ment of  Zou- 


Assistant  sur- 
geon added. 


No.  105. — AN  ACT  providing  for  a  Regiment  of  Zouaves  in  the  Army 
of  the  Confederate  States. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  there  shall  be  added  to  the  military  establishment  of  the 
Confederate  S^tes  one  regiment  of  Zouaves,  to  be  composed  of 
one  colonel,  one  lieutenant-colonel,  one  major,  and  ten  compa- 
nies; and  each  company  shall  consist  of  one  captain,  one  first 
lieutenant,  two  second  lieutenants,  one  sergeant  major,  one 
f|uartcrmastcr's  sergeant,  four  sergeants  and  eight  corporals, 
and  ninety  privates.  And  to  the  regiment  there  shall  be 
attached  one  adjutant  and  a  quartermaster,  to  be  selected  from 
the  lieutenants.  And  one  assistant  surgeon  shall  be  appointed 
for  the  regiment,  in  addition  to  those  already  authorized  by 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  37 

law  for  the  medical  department.  The  monthly  pay  of  the  ray  of  infantry, 
officers  of  the  regiment  of  Zouaves  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of 
officers  of  infantry  of  the  same  rank ;  the  allowances  shall  also 
be  the  same  as  those  provided  by  law  for  officers  of  infantry ; 
and  the  adjutant  and  quartermaster  shall  receive  ten  dollars  per 
month  in  addition  to  their  pay  as  lieutenants.  The  monthly 
pay  of  the  enlisted  men  of  said  regiment  of  Zouaves  shall  be  as 
follows  :  sergeants-major  and  quartermaster's  sergeants,  twenty 
dollars;  sergeants,  seventeen  dollars;  corporals,  thirteen  dollars; 
and  privates,  eleven  dollars  each ;  together  with  the  same 
rations  and  allowances  for  clothing  as  are  received  by  all  other 
enlisted  men.  ' 

Approved,  May  4,  18G1. 


No.   109. — AN   ACT    to  raise  an  additional  Military  Force  to  serve 
during  the  War. 

Section   1.     Tlic    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  «/ volunteers  may 
America  do  enact,    That  in   addition   to   the  volunteer  force  Presirienuieems 
authorized  to  be  raised  under  existing  laws,  the  President  be,  the  wa?" 
and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  accept  the  services  of  volunteers 
who  may  offer  their  services,  without  regard  to  the  place  of 
enlistment,  either  as  cavalry,  mounted  riflemen,  artillery,  or 
infantry,  in  such  proportion  of  these  several  arms  as  he  may 
deem   expedient,  to   serve   for   and  during  the  existitfg  war, 
unless  sooner  discharged. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  volunteers  so  offering  their  services  may  be 
accepted  by  the  President  in  companies,  to  be  organized  by 
him  into  squadrons,  battalions  or  regiments.     The  President  President  to  n\> 
shall  appoint  all  field  and  staff  officers,  but  the  company  officers  staff, 
shall  be  elected  by  the  men  composing  the  company ;  and  if  Company  offi- 
accepted,  the  officers  so  elected  shall  be  commissioned   by  the  elected. 
President. 

Sec.  3.   That  any  vacancies  occurring  in  the  ranks  of  the 
several  companies  mustered  into  service  under  the  provisions  of 
this  act,  may  be  filled  by  volunteers  accepted  under  the  rules  of 
such  companies;  and  any  vacancies  occurring  in  the  officers  of  Vacancies  of 
such  companies  shall  be  filled  by  elections  in  accordance  with  rorsfii"«njy 

. ,  ,  election. 

the  same  rules. 


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ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


Oreanized  by 
ana  subject  to 
previoui  acts. 


Sec.  4.  Except  as  herein  differently  provided,  the  volunteer 
forces  hereby  authorized  to  be  raised  shall  in  all  regards  be  sub- 
ject to  and  orwauized  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of 
"  An  act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  and  all  other  acts 
for  the  government  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States. 

AprROVED,  May  8,  18G1. 


President  may 
accept  volun- 
teers witliout 
formal  "•;ill  on 
Statei,  and  si)e- 
cify  time  of 
fiervice. 


Orfranizcd 
under  previous 
acts. 


President  to  ap- 
point field  offi- 
cers. 


President  may 
commission  all 
offle<'rs.  and 
may  att;ich  to 
I'oniiiatiy  ofii- 
cers  of  regular 
army. 


Xo.  110.— AN  ACT  to  make  further  provision  for  the  Public  Defence. 

Whereas,  "SVtir  exists  between  the  United  States  and  the 
Confederate  States;  and  whereas  the  public  welfare  may  re- 
quire the  reception  of  volunteer  forces  into  the  service  of  the 
Confederate  States,  without  the  formality  and  delay  of  a  call 
upon  the  respective  States  : 

Section  1.  Tlic  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  receive 
into  service  such  companies,  battalions  or  regiments,  either 
mounted  or  on  foot,  as  may  tender  themselves,  and  he  may  re- 
quire, without  the  delay  of  a  formal  call  upon  the  re^ective 
States,  to  serve  for  such  time  as  he  may  prescribe. 

Sec.  2.  Such  volunteer  forces  who  may  be  accepted  under 
this  act,  except  as  herein  differently  provided,  shall  be  orga- 
nized in  accordance  with  and  subject  to  all  the  provisions  of  the 
act  entitled  "  An  act  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  and  be 
entitled  to  (jll  the  allowances  provided  therein ;  and  when  mus- 
tered into  service,  may  be  attached  to  such  divisions,  brigades 
or  regiments  as  the  President  may  direct,  or  ordered  upon  such 
independent  or  detached  seriice  as  the  President  may  deem  ex- 
pedient; provided,  however,  that  battalions  and  regiments  may 
be  enlisted  from  States  not  of  the  Confederacy,  and  the  Presi- 
dent may  appoint  all  or  any  of  the  field  officers  thereof. 

Sec.  3.  The  President  shall  be  authorized  to  commission  all 
officers  entitled  to  commissions,  of  such  volunteer  forces  as  may 
be  received  under  the  provisions  of  tliis  act.  And  upon  the 
request  of  the  officer  commanding  such  volunteer  regiment, 
battalion  or  company,  the  President  may  attach  a  supernume- 
rary officer  to  each  company,  detailed  from  the  regular  army 
for  that  purpose,  and  for  such  time  as  the  President  may  direct. 

Approved,  May  11,  ISGl. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  39 

No.  114.— A  RESOLUTION  in  regard  to  the  military  expenditures 
made  by  the  State  of  South  Carolina. 

Resolved   J)i/    the    Congress   of   the    Confederate    States   of  j,  ^  ^. ,  ^ . 
America,  That  tbc  expenditures  made  by  the  State  of  South  j^'"',^'^'!'! 
Carolina  for  the  pay  and  maintenance  of  the  troopS  employed  <^''"'<-'ii"-^- 
in  the  defence  of  Charleston  harbor,  under  the  command  of 
Brigadier  General  Beauregard,  were  intended  to  be  provided 
for  by  an  act  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  three 
thousand  men,  for  twelve  months,  to  be  called  into  service  at 
Charleston,  South  Carolina,  under  the  third  and  fourth  sections 
of  an  act  of  the  Congress,  to  raise  provisional  forces  for  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  and  for  other  purposes ;    and 
that  the  amount  of  such  expenditures  be  audited  by  the  proper 
officer  of  the  Treasury  Department,  and  that  the  amount  which 
shall  be  found  due  be  paid  to  the  State  of  South  Carolina,  from 
the  appropriation  made  by  the  act  aforesaid. 

Approved,  May  10,  1861. 


No.  12G. — AN  ACT  regulating  tlie  sale  of  Prizes,  and  the  distribution 

thereof. 

Section  1.     The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  <y  Prizostobesoid 
Aiiien'ca  do  enact,  That  all  prizes  of  vessels  and  property  cap-  days'aftc'r  con- 
tured  by  private  armed  ships,  in  pursuance  of  the  act  passed  by 
Congress  recognizing  the  existence  of  war  between  the  United 
States  and  the  Confederate  States,  and  concerning  letters  of 
marque,  prizes  and  prize  goods, #\'hich  may  be  condemned  in 
any  court  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  be  sold  at  public  auc- 
tion by  the  marshal  of  the  district  in  which  the  same  shall  be  " 
condemned,  within  sixty  days  after  the  condemnation  thereof — 
sufficient  notice  of  the  time  and  place  and  condition  of  sale 
being  first  given — on  such  day  or  days,  on  such  terms  of  credit,  Terms. 
and  in  such  lots  or  proportions  as  may  be  designated  by  the 
owner  or  owners,  or  agent  of  the  owner  or  owners,  of  the  pri- 
vateer which  may  have  captured  the  same  :  Provided,  That  the  Proviso. 
term  of  such  credit  shall  not  exceed  ninety  days.    And  the  said 
marshal  is  hereby  directed  to  take  and  receive  from  the  pur- 
chaser or  purchasers  of  such    prize  vessel  and  property,  the 


40 


ARMY   AND    NAVY   LAWS. 


Marshal  to  dis- 
tribute proceeds 
of  sale. 


Proviso. 


Marshal's  fee. 


Proviso. 


Marshal  to  file 
account  withiu 
tifteen  days 
after  sale. 


money  therefor,  or  his,  her  or  their  promissory  notes,  with 
endorsers,  to  be  approved  by  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  priva- 
teer, to  the  amount  of  the  purchase,  payable  according  to  the 
terms  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  ^'hat  upon  all  duties,  costs  and  charges  being  paid 
according  to  law,  the  said  marshal  shall,  on  demand,  deliver 
and  pay  over  to  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  privateer,  or  to  the 
agent  of  such  owner  or  owners  of  the  privateer  which  may  have 
captured  such  prize  vessel  and  property,  a  just  and  equal  pro- 
portion of  the  funds  received  on  account  of  the  sale  thereof,  and 
of  the  promissory  notes  directed  to  be  taken  as  aforesaid,  to 
which  the  said  owner  or  owners  may  be  entitled,  according  to 
the  articles  of  agreement  between  the  said  owner  or  owners  and 
the  officers  and  crew  of  the  said  privateer;  and  a  just  and  equal 
proportion  of  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  as  aforesaid,  shall,  on  de- 
mand, be  also  paid  over  by  the  said  marshal  to  the. officers  and 
crew  of  the  said  privateer,  or  to  their  agent  or  agents.  And  if 
there  be  no  written  agreement,  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  mar- 
shal to  pay  over,  in  manner  as  aforesaid,  one  moiety  of  the  pro- 
ceeds of  the  sale  of  such  prize  vessel  and  property  to  the 
owner  or  owners  of  the  privateer  which  may  have  captured  the 
same,  and  the  other  moiety  of  the  said  proceeds  to  the  agent  or 
agents  of  the  officers  and  crew  of  the  said  privateer,  to  be  dis- 
tributed according  to  law,  or  to  any  agreement  by  them  made : 
Provided,  The  said  officers  and  crew,  or  their  agent  or  agents, 
shall  have  first  refunded  to  the  owner  or  owners,  or  to  the 
agent  of  the  owner  or  owners  of  the  privateer  aforesaid,  the  full 
amount  of  advances  which  shall  have  been  made  by  the  owner 
or  owners  of  the  privateer  to  the  officers  and  crew  thereof. 

Sec.  3.  That  for  the  seliing  prize  property  and  receiving 
and  paying  over  the  proceeds  as  aforesaid,  the  marshal  shall  be 
entitled  to  a  commission  of  one  per  cent.,  and  no  more,  first  de- 
ducting all  duties,  costs  and  charges  which  may  have  accrued 
on  said  property :  Provided,  That  on  no  case  of  condemnation 
and  sale  of  any  one  prize  vessel  and  cargo  shall  the  commissions 
of  the  marshal  exceed  two  hundred  and  fifty  dollars. 

Sec.  4.  That  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  marshal,  within 
fifteen  days  after  any  sale  of  prize  property,  to  file  in  the  office 
of  the  clerk  of  the  district  court  of  the  district  wherein  such 
sale  may  be  made,  a  just  and  true  account  of  the  sales  of  such 
prize  property,  and  of  all  duties  and  charges  thereon,  togethei' 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  41 

•with  a  statement  thereto  annexed  of  the  promissory  notes  taken 
on  account  thereof,  which  account  shall  be  Tcrified  by  the  oath 
of  the  said  marshal ;  and  if  the  said  marshal  shall  wilfully  neg- 
lect or  refuse  to  file  such  account,  he  shall  forfeit  and  pay  the  Forfeit. 
sum  of  five  hundred  dollars  for  each  omission  or  refusal  as 
aforesaid,  to  be  recovered  in  an  action  of  debt  by  any  person 
interested  in  such  sale,  and  suing  for  the  said  penalty,  on  ac- 
count of  the  party  or  parties  interested  in  the  prize  vessel 
or  property  sold  as  aforesaid,  in  any  court  having  cognizance 
thereof. 

Sec.  5.  That  the  owner  or  owners  of  any  private  armed  ves-  Owners  of  priva- 

''    *  teer  majr  re- 

sel  or  vessels,  or  their  agent  or  agents,  may,  at  any  time  before  {"ci^epri.ze 
a  libel  shall  be  filed  against  any  captured  vessel  or  her  cargo,  ^i^"^!- 
remove  the  same  from  any  port  into  which  such  prize  vessel  or 
property  may  be  first  brought,  to  any  other  port  in  the  Confed- 
erate States,  to  be  designated  at  the  time  of  the  removal  as 
aforesaid,  subject  to  the  same  restrictions  and  complying  with 
the  same  regulations  with  respect   to  the  payment  of  duties 
which  are  provided  by  law  in  relation  to  other  vessels  arriving 
in  port  with  cargoes  subject  to  the  payment  of  duties  :    Pro-  Proviso. 
vided,  That  before  such  removal  the  said  captured   property 
shall  not  have  been  attached  at  the  suit  of  any  adverse  claimant, 
or  a  claim  against  the  same  have  been  interposed  in  behalf  of 
the  Confederate  States. 

Approved,  May  14,  1861.  ^ 


No.  106. — AN  ACT  recognizing  the  existence  of  War  between  the 
United  States  and  the  Confederate  States ;  and  concerning  Letters 
of  Marque,  Prizes  and  Prize  Goods. 

Whereas,  The  earnest  efforts  made  by  this  government  to  Preamble. 
establish  friendly  relations  between  the  government  of  the 
United  States  and  the  Confederate  States,  and  to  settle  all 
questions  of  disagreement  between  the  two  governments  upon 
principles  of  right,  justice,  equity  and  good  faith,  have  proved 
unavailing  by  reason  of  the  refusal  of  the  government  of  the 
United  States  to  hold  any  intercourse  with  the  commissioners 
appointed  by  this  government  for  the  purposes  aforesaid,  or  to 
listen  to  any  proposals  they  had  to  make  for  the  peaceful  solu- 


42  AftMY  AND   NAVY   LA^yS. 

tion  of  all  causes  of  difficulty  between  the  two  governments; 
and  whereas,  the  President  of  the  United  States  of  America 
has  issued  his  proclamation  making  jequisi tion  upon  the  States 
of  the  American  Union  for  seventy-five  thousand  men  for  this 
purpose,  as  therein  indicated,  of  capturing  forts  and  other 
strongholds  within  the  jurisdiction  of  and  belonging  to  the 
Confederate  States  of  America,  and  has  detailed  naval  arma- 
ments upon  the  coasts  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
and  raised,  organized  and  equipped  a  large  military  force  to 
execute  the  purpose  afores.aid,  and  has  issued  his  other  procla- 
mation announcing  his  purpose  to  set  on  foot  a  blockade  of  the 
ports  of  the  Confederate  States :  and  whereas,  the  State  of 
Virginia  has  seceded  from  the  Federal  Union  and  entered  into 
a  convention  of  alliance  offensive  and  defensive  with  the  Con- 
federate States,  and  has  adopted  the  Provisional  Constitution 
of  the  said  States,  and  the  States  of  Maryland,  North  Carolina, 
Tennessee,  Kentucky,  Arkansas  and  Missouri  have  refused, 
and  it  is  believed  that  the  State  of  Delaware  and  the  inhabit- 
ants of  the  territories  of  Arizona  and  New  Mexico,  and  the 
Indian  territory  south  of  Kansas,  will  refuse  to  co-operate  with 
the  government  of  the  United  States  in  these  acts  of  hostilities 
and  wanton  aggression,  which  are  plainly  intended  to  overawe, 
oppress  and  finally  subjugate  the  people  of  the  Confederate 

Existence  of  States:  and  whereas,  by  the  acts  and  means  aforesaid,  war 
exists  between  the  Confederate  States  and  the  government  of 
^the  United  States,  and  the  States  and  territories  thereof,  except 
the  States  of  Maryland,  North  Carolina,  Tennessee,  Kentucky, 
Arkansas,  Missouri  and  Delaware,  and  the  territories  of  Ari- 
zona and  New  Mexico,  and  the  Indian  territory  south  of 
Kansas :    Therefore, 

President  to  use       SECTION  1.     The    Conijress   of  the    Confederate    States   of 

land  and  naval  .  i-r«-i  piz-ipi 

forces  to  meet      America  do   enact,    That   the   President   oi   the   Coulederate 

the  war  and  to  •ii  i-i  ^  ^     ^       ^        ^  i  1 

issue  eommis-     btatcs  IS  hereby  authorized  to  use  the  whole  land  and  naval 

sioDS  to  private  o     ^       t^      p  ■,  o 

armed  vessels,  forcc  01  the  Confederate  States  to  meet  the  war  thus  com- 
menced, and  to  issue  to  private  armed  vessels  commissions,  or 
letters  of  marque  and  general  reprisal,  in  such  form  as  he  shall 
think  proper,  under  the  seal  of  the  Confederate  States,  against 
the  vessels,  goods  and  eSects  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  and  of  the  citizens  or  inhabitants  of  the  States  and 

Proviso.  territories   thereof:    Provided,  hoioever,  That  property  of  the 

enemy  (unless  it  be  contraband  of  war)  laden  on  board  a  neu- 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  43 

tral  vessel,  shall  not  be  subject  to  seizure  under  this  act :  And  Proviso. 
inovided  further,  That  vessels  of  the  citizens  or  inhabitants  of 
the  United  States  now  in  the  ports  of  the  Confederate  States, 
except  such  as  have  been  since  the  5th  of  April  last,  or  nia'y 
hereafter  be,  in  the  service  of  the  government  of  the  United 
States,  shall  be  allowed  thirty  days  after  the  publication  of  this  jTiiirty  days  ai- 
act  to  leave  said  ports  and  reach  their  destination  ;  and  such 
vessels  and  their  cargoes,  excepting  articles  contraband  of  war, 
shall  not  be  subject  to  capture  under  this  act  during  said 
period,  unless  they  shall  have  previously  reached  the  destina- 
tion for  which  they  were  bound  on  leaving  said  ports. 

Sec.  2.   That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  shall  President  au- 

•,,,.,,  I'l  1  1    thorized  to  re- 

bo  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  and  empowered  to"  revoke  and  voke  letters  of 
annul,  at  pleasure,  all  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal  which  he 
may  at  any  time  grant  pursuant  to  this  act. 

Sec.  3.    That  all  persons  applying  for  letters  of  marque  and  Persons  appiy- 

,  ,  .  1     11  •  •  •  1  inu  for  letters  of 

reprisal,  pursuant  to  this  act,  suull  state  in  writing  the  name  mar. me  to  state 
and  a  suitable  description  of  the  tonnage  and  force  of  the  ves- 
sel, and  the  name  and  place  of  residence  of  each  owner  con- 
cerned therein,  and  the  intended  number  of  the  crew ;  which 
statement  shall  be  signed  by  the  person  or  persons  making 
sucli  application,  and  filed  wnth  the  Secretary  of  State,  or  shall 
be  delivered  to  any  other  officer  or  person  who  shall  be  em- 
ployed to  deliver  out  such  commissions,  to  be  by  him  trans- 
mitted to  the  Secretary  of  State. 

Sec.  4.  That  before  any  commission  or  letters  of  marque  Bonds, 
and  reprisal  shall  be  issued  as  aforesaid,  the  owner  or  owners 
of  the  ship  or  vessel  for  which  the  same  shall  be  requested, 
and  the  commander  thereof  for  the  time  being,  shall  give  bond 
to  the  Confederate  States,  with  at  least  two  responsible  sure- 
ties not  interested  in  such  vessel,  in  the  penal  sum  of  five 
thousand  dollars,  or,  if  such  vessel  be  provided  with  more  than 
one  hundred  and  fifty  men,  then  in  the  penal  sum  of  ten 
thousand  dollars,  with  condition  that  the  owners,  officers  and 
crew  who  shall  be  employed  on  board  such  commissioned  ves- 
sel, shall  and  will  observe  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States, 
and  the  instructions  which  shall  be  given  them  according  to 
law  for  the  regulation  of  their  conduct,  and  wnll  satisfy  all 
damages  and  injuries  which  shall  be  done  or  committed  con- 
trary to  the  tenor  thereof,  by  such  vessel  during  her  commis- 


44  ARMY   AND    NAVY   LATVS. 

sion,  and  to  deliver  up  the  same  when  revoked  by  the  President 

of  the  Confederate  States. 
Captures  to  ae-        Sec.  5.    That  all  captures  and  prizes  of  vessels  and  property 
and  crews,  ac-      shall  be  forfeited  and  shall  accrue  to  the  owners,  officers  and 
ajrreerRent.         crcws  of  the  vcsscls  by  whom  such  captures  and  prizes  shall 

IfnoajTrcement,  •         i      i      ,     i,    ,        t       .,  , 

according  to  DC  made,  and  on  due  condemnation  had  shall  be  distributed 
according  to  any  written  agreement  which  shall  be  made  be- 
tween them ;  and  if  there  be  no  such  written  agreement,  then 
one  moiety  to  the  owners  and  the  other  moiety  to  the  officers 
and  crew,  as  nearly  as  may  be  according  to  the  rules  pre- 
scribed for  the  distribution  of  prize  money  by  the  laws  of  the 
Confederate  States. 

Salvage  to  be  Sec.  6.    That  all  vessel?,  goods  and  effects,  the  property  of 

allowed  upon  .  .  '  °  '  f     f       J 

rc-captured  ves-  any  Citizen  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  of  persons  resident 

sels  and  effects.        .,.1,1  .  ^  „ 

Within  and  under  the  protectioii  of  the  Confederate  States,  or 
of  persons  permanently  within  the  territories  and  under  the 
protection  of  any  foreign  prince,  government  or  state  in  amity 
with  the  Confederate  States,  which  shall  have  been  captured 
by  the  United  States,  and  which  shall  be  re-captured  by  ves- 
sels commissioned  as  aforesaid,  shall  be  restored  to  the  lawful 
owners,  upon  payment  by  them  of  a  just  and  reasonable  sal- 
vage, to  be  determined  by  the  mutual  agreement  of  the  parties 
concerned,  or  by  the  decree  of  any  court  having  jurisdiction, 
according  to  the  nature  of  each  case,  agreeably  to  the  provi- 
Distribution  of  sions  established  by  law.  And  such  salvage  shall  be  dis- 
savage.  tributed  among  the  owners,  officers  and  crews  of  the  vessels 

commissioned  as  aforesaid,  and  making  such  captures,  accord- 
ing to  any  written  agreement  which  shall  be  made  between 
them;  and  in  case  of  no  such  agreement,  then  in  the  same 
manner  and  upon  the  principles  hereinbefore  provided  in  cases 
of  capture. 
Before  breaking       Sec.  7.    That  before  breaking   bulk  of  any  vessel  which 
be  brought  be-     shall  bc  capturcd  as  aforesaid,  or  other  disposal  or  conversion 
tribunal.  thereof,  or  of  any  articles  which  shall  be  found  on  board  the 

same,  such  captured  vessel,  goods  or  effects  shall  be  brought 
Captures  into  some  port  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  of  a  nation  or  state 

c.s.Tobeunder  in  amity  with  the  Confederate  States,  and  shall  be  proceeded 
district  courts,     against  before  a  competent  tribunal;   and  after  condemnation 
and  forfeiture  thereof  shall  belong  to  the  owners,  officers  and 
crew  of  the  vessel  capturing  the  same,  and  be  distributed  as 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  45 

before  provided ;  and  in  the  case  of  all  captured  vessels,  goods 

and  effects  whicli  shall  be  brought  within  the  jurisdiction  of 

the  Confederate.  States,  the  district  courts  of  the  Confederate 

States  shall  have  exclusive  original  cognizance  thereof,  as  in 

civil  causes  of  admiralty  and  maritime  jurisdiction;   and  the 

said   courts,   or   the    courts,   being  courts  of   the    Confederate 

States,  into  which  such  cases  shall  be  removed,  and  in  which 

they  shall  be  finally  decided,  shall  and  may  decree  restitution 

in  whole  or  in  part,  when  the  capture  slJall  have  been  made 

without  ju?t  cause.     And  if  made  without  probable  cause,  may 

order  and  decree  damages  and  costs  to  the  party  injured,  for  Damage  and 

which  the  owners  and  commanders  of  the  vessels  making  such 

captures,  and  also  the  vessels,  shall  be  liable. 

Sec.  8.    Tliat  all  persons  found  on  board  any  captured  ves-  Persons  on 
sels,  or  on  board  any  re-captured  vessel,  shall  be  reported  to  jMaeed  in  charge 
the  collector  of  the  port  in  the  Confederate  States  in  which  sui>portod  at  ex- 
thcy  shall  first  arrive,  and  shall  be  delivered  into  the  custody  '^^"''^  ° 
of  the  marshal  of  the  district,  or  of  some  court  or  military 
ofiiccr  of  the  Confederate  States,  or  of  any  state  in  or  near  such 
port,  who  shall  take  charge  of  their  safe  keeping  and  support, 
at  the  expense  of  the  Confederate  States. 

Sec.  9.    That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  is  instructions  to 
hereby  authorized  to  establish  and  order  suitable  instructions  fomrfUssfoued. 
for  the  better  governing  and  directing  the  conduct  of  the  ves- 
sels so  commissioned,  their  officers  and  crews,  copies  of  which 
shall  be  delivered  by  the  collector  of  the  customs  to  the  com- 
manders, when  they  shall  give  bond  as  provided. 

Sec.  10.    That  a  bounty  shall  be  paid  by  the  Confederate  Bounty  for  each 
States  of  $20  for  each  pcrsou  on  board  any  armed  ship  or  Si!''"'''"""' 
vessel  belonging  to  the  United  States  at  the  commencement  of 
an  engagement,  which  shall  be  burnt,  sunk  or  destroyed  by 
any  vessel  commissioned  as  aforesaid,  which  shall  be  of  equal 
or  inferior  force,  the  same  to  be  divided  as  in  other  cases  of 
prize  money;  and  a  bounty  of  825  shall  be  paid  to  the  owners,  Bounty  for  pri- 
officers  and  crews  of  the  private  armed  vessels  commissioned  as  toag'entof  el's, 
aforesaid,  for  each  and  evijry  prisoner  by  them  captured  and 
brought  into  port,   and  delivered   to  an  agent  authorized  to 
receive  them,  in  any  port  of  the  Confederate  States;  and  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury  is  hereby  authorized  to  pay  or  cause  Secretary  of 
to  be  paid  to  the  owners,  officers  and  crews  of  such  private  bouut"^^ '°  ^'^^ 


46  ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 

armed  vessels  commissioned  as  aforesaid,  or  their  agent,  the 
bounties  herein  provided. 
Cominanders  to       Sec.  11.    That  the  commandinpr  officer  of  every  vessel  hav- 

keep  journal.  _     ^ 

ing  a  commission  or  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal,  during  the 
present  hostilities  between  the  Confederate  States  and  the 
United  States,  shall  keep  a  regular  journal,  containing  a  true 
and  exact  account  of  his  daily  proceedings  and  transactions 
with  such  vessel  and  the  crew  thereof;  the  ports  and  places  he 
shall  put  into  or  ca%t  anchor  in;  the  time  of  his  stay  there 
and  the  cause  thereof;  the  prizes  he  shall  take  and  the  nature 
and  probable  value  thereof;  the  times  and  places  when  and 
where  taken,  and  in  what  manner  he  shall  dispose  of  the  same; 
the  ships  or  vessels  he  shall  fall  in  with ;  the  times  and  places 
when  and  where  he  shall  meet  with  them,  and  his  observations 
and  remarks  thereon ;  also,  of  whatever  else  shall  occur  to  him 
or  any  of  his  officers  or  marines,  or  be  discovered  by  examina- 
tion or  conference  with  any  marines  or  passengers  of  or  in  any 
other  ships  or  vessels,  or  by  any  other  means  touching  the 
fleets,  vessels  and  forces  of  the  United  States,  their  posts  and 
places  of  station  and  destination,  strength,  numbers,  intents 
and  designs;  and  such  commanding  officer  shall,  immediately 
on  his  arrival  in  any  port  of  the  Confederate  States,  from  or 
•  during  the  continuance  of  any  voyage  or  cruise,  produce  his 
Journal  to  be      commission  for  such  vessel,  and  deliver  up  such  journal  so  kept 

delivered  to  col-  „  •  ^      •  i-ii-  i   ■>        -,        •  • 

lector  and  sworn  as  atoresaid.  Signed  With  his  proper  name  and  hand-wnting,  to 
the  collector  or  other  chief  officer  of  the  customs  at  or  nearest 
to  such  port;  the  truth  of  which  journal  shall  be  verified  by 
the  oath  of  the  commanding  officer  for  the  time  being.  And 
such  collector  or  other  chief  officer  of  the  customs  .shall,  imme- 
diately on  the  arrival  of  such  vessel,  order  the  proper  officer  of 
the  customs  to  go  on  board  and  take  an  account  of  the  officers 
and  men,  the  number  and  nature  of  the  guns,  and  whatever 
else  shall  occur  to  him  on  examination  material  to  be  known; 

Vessel  not  to       and  no  such  vessel  shall  be  permitted  to  sail  out  of  port  again 

sail  again  until  .,  ,      .  i      t     n    i  i  it  ■,  ■,  •  r- 

the  Journal  is      Until  sucii  journal  shall  have  been  delivered  up,  and  a  cert.ifi- 
^'^®°"  cate  obtained  under  the  hand  of  such  collector  or  other  cliief 

officer  of  the  customs  that  she  is  manned  and  armed  according 
to  her  commission ;  and  upon  delivery  of  such  certificaup,  any 
former  certificate  of  a  like  nature  which  shall  have  been  ob- 
tained by  the  commander  of  such  vessel  shall  be  delivered  up. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  47 

Sec  12.    That  the  commanders  of  vessels  havinc;  letters  of  Forfeit  in  case 

the  journal  is 

marque  and  reprisal  as  aforesaid,  neglecting  to  keep  a  journal  negieotcd,  &c. 
as  aforesaid,  or  wilfully  making  fraudulent  entries  therein,  or 
obliterating  the  record  of  afly  material  transaction  contained 
therein  where  the  interest  of  the  Confederate  States  is  con- 
cerned, or  refusing  to  produce  and  deliver  such  journal,  com- 
mission or  certificate,  pursuant  to  the  preceding  section  of  this 
act,  then  and  in  such  cases  the  commissions  or  letters  of 
marque  and  reprisal  of  such  vessels  shall  be  liable  to  be  re- 
voj^d ;  and  such  commanders  respectively  shall  forfeit  for 
every  such  offence  the  sum  of  81,000,  one  moiety  thereof 
to  the  use  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  the  other  to  the 
informer. 

Sec.  13.    That  the  owners  or  commanders  of  vessels  having  Violation  of  law 

°  forfeits  commis- 
letters  of  marque  and  reprisal  as  aforesaid,  wh(i  shall  violate  sion. 

any  of  the  acts  of  Congress  for  the  collection  of  the  revenue 

of  the  Confederate  States,  and  for  the  prevention  of  smuggling, 

shall  forfeit  the  commission  or  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal, 

and  they  and  the  vessels  owned  or  commanded  by  them  shall  be 

liable  to  all  the  penalties  and  forfeitures  attaching  to  merchant 

vessels  in  like  cases. 

Sec.  14.  That  on  all  goods,  wares  and  merchandise  captured  Deduction  of 
and  made  good  and  lawful  prizes  of  war,  by  any  private  armed 
ship  having  commission  or  letters  of  marque  and  reprisal  under 
this  act,  and  brought  into  the  Confederate  States,  there  shall 
be  allowed  a  deduction  of  33^  per  cent,  on  the  amount  of 
duties  imposed  by  law. 

Sec.  15.    That  five  per  centum   on  the  net  amount  Cafter  Five  per  cent. 

_  ^  on  all  prizes  for 

deductinc;  all  charges  and  expenditures)  of  the  prize   money  support  of  fami- 

_  _  "-  °  ^  ^  '■  •'    lies  of  crows. 

arising  from  captured  vessels  and  cargoes,  and  on  the  net 
amount  of  the  salvage  of  vessels  and  cargoes  re-captured  by  • 
private  armed  vessels  of  the  Confederate  States,  shall  be  se- 
cured and  paid  over  to  the  collector  or  other  chief  officer  of 
the  custom.s,  at  the  port  or  place  in  the  Confederate  States  at 
which  such  captured  or  re-captured  vessels  may  arrive,  or  to 
the  consul  or  other  public  agent  of  the  Confederate  States 
residing  at  the  port  or  place  not  within  the  Confederate  States 
at  which  such  captured  or  re-captured  vessel  may  arrive.  And 
the  moneys  arising  therefrom  shall  be  held  and  are  hereby 
pledged  by  the  government  of  the  Confederate  States  as  a  fund 
for  the  support  and  maintenance  of  the  widows  and  orphans  of 


48  ARMY  AND   NAVY   LAWS. 

such  persons  as  may  be  slain,  and  for  the  support  and  mainte- 
nance of  such  persons  as  may  be  wounded  and  disabled  on 
board  of  tbe  private  armed  vessels  commissioned  as  aforesaid, 
in  any  engagement  with  the  enemy,  to  be  assigned  and  dis- 
tributed in  such  manner  as  shall  hereafter  be  provided  by 
law. 

Approved,  May  6,  18(y.. 


No.  129. — AN  ACT  to  increase  the  Military  Establishment  of  the  Con- 
federate States,  and  to  amend  an  "Act  for  the  establishment  and 
organization  of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America." 

Adds  one  rcRi-  SECTION    1.     The    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States   of 

ment  of  cavalrj-  mi  i        t->       •  i  i     ii    i  i       •      i 

and  ten  of  iu-      America  do  enact,    i hat  the  President  shall   be  authorized  to 
raise  and  organize,  in  addition  to  the  present  military  establish- 
ment, ODC  regiment  of  cavalry  and  two  regiments  of  infantry, 
whenever  in  his  judgment  the  public  service  may  require  such 
an  increase,  to  be  organized  in  accordance  with  existing  laws 
for  the  organization  of  cavalry  and  inftintry  regiments,  and  to 
be  entitled  to  the  same  pay  and  allowances  provided  for  the 
same  respectively. 
The  five Renerai       Sec.  2.    That  |he  five  general  officers  provided  by  existing 
pointed;  to  be     laws  for  the  Confederate  States,  shall  have  the  rank  and  de- 
generais.  nomination  of   "General,"   instead  of  "Brigadier   General," 

which  shall  be  the  highest  military  grade  known  to  the  Con- 
federate States.  They  shall  be  assigned  to  such  commands 
and  duties  as  the  President  may  specially  direct,  and  shall  be 
Pay  and  aids.*  entitled  to  the  same  pay  and  allowances  as  are  provided  for 
brigadier  generals,  and  to  two  aids-de-camp,  to  be  selected  as 
now  provided  by  law.  Appointments  to  the  rank  of  general, 
after  the  army  is  organized,  shall  be  made  by  selection  from 
the  army. 
Authority  to  in-       Sec.  3.    That  the  President  be  authorized,  whenever  in  his 

crease  engineer  i  i  i-  •  ... 

corps.  judgment  the  public  service  may  require  the  increase,  to  add 

to  the  corps  of  engineers  one  lieutenant-colonel,  who  shall 
receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a  lieutenant-colonel  of  cav- 
alry, and  as  many  captains,  not  exceeding  five,  as  may  be 
necessary. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  49 

Sec.  4.    That  there  be  added  to  the  quartermaster-general's  increasing quar- 

,  .  1        •  1       1  1     termaster's. 

dcpartiiient  one  assistant  quartermaster-general,  Vfith   the  rank  commissary's 

111  -"^"^  medical 

of  lieutcnant-coloncl,  and  two  quartermasfers,  with  the  rank  of  <lcpartnients. 
major;  and  to  the  commissary-general's  department,  one  assist- 
ant  commissary,   with   the  rank   of   major,   and   one  assistant 
commissary,  with  the  rank  of  captain ;  and  to  the  medical  de- 
partment, six  surgeons  and  fourteen  assistant  surgeons. 

Sec.  5.    That  the    President  be   authorized  to  appoint  as  Authorizes 

stor©~liG6p©r3. 
many  military  store-keepers,  with  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a 

first  lieutenant  of  infantry,  as  the  safe-keeping  of  the  public 

property  may  require,  not  to  exceed  in  all  six  store-keepers. 

Sec  6.     That  there  be  added  to  the  military  estublishment  Qnartermaster- 

»  ,  .         .  „  sergeant  and 

one  quartermaster-sergeant  tor  each  regiment 'or    cavah-j'  and  ordnanee-ser- 
infantry,   and    one    ordnance-sergeant  for   each    military   post, 
each  to  receive  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a  sergeant-major, 
according  to  existing  laws. 

Sec.  7\.     That  there  may  be  enlisted  for  the  medical  depart-  Hospital  stew- 

p     1  PI  ards. 

mont  of  the  array,  for  the  term  already  provided  by  law  for 
other  enlisted  men,  as  many  hospital  stewards  as  the  service 
may  require,  to  be  determined  by  the  Secretary  of  War,  under 
such  regulations  as  he  may  prescribe,  and  who  shall  receive  the 
pay  and  allowances  of  a  sergeant-major. 

Sec.  8.    That  until  a  military  school  shall  be  established  for  Appointment  of 
the  elementary  instruction  of  officers  for  the  army,  the  Presi- 
dent shall   be   authorized  to   appoint   cadets   from   the   several 
States,  iu  number  proportioned  to  their  representation  in   the 
House  of  Representatives,  and   ten  in  addition,  to  be  selected  Cadets  at  large, 
by   liiiii   at   large  from    the   Confederate  States,   who  shall  be 
attached  to  companies  in  service  in  any  branch  of  the  army, 
as  supernumerary  officers,  with   the   rank   of  cadet,  who  shall 
receive   the   monthly   pay  of  forty  dollars,  and   be   competent  Pay. 
for  promotion  at  such  time  and  under  such  regulations  as  may 
be  prescribed  by  the  President,  or  hereafter  established  by  law. 

Sec.  9.    That  the  President  be  authorized  to  assign  officers  Assignment  of 

of   the   army   of  the   Confederates   States   to   staff  duty   with  duty  wituVol- 

1       .  •  •        1    i  1    ,  n  1  unteers. 

volunteers   or  provisional   troops,   and   to    confer    upon   them, 

whilst  so  employed,  the  rank  corresponding  to  the  staflf  duties 
they  are  to  perform. 

Sec.   10.    There  shall  be  allowed  and  paid    to  every  able-  Ron nty  for  en- 
bodied  man  who  shall  be  duly  enlisted  to  serve  in  the  army  of 
the  Confederate  States,  a  bounty  of  ten  dollars;  but  the  pay- 
4 


50  ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 

ment  of  five  dollars  of  ^the  said  bounty  shall  be  deferred  until 
the  recruit   shall   have  been  mustered-  into  the  regiment  in 
which  he  is  to  serve. 
Act  of  Congress        Sec.  11.    That  the  provisions  of  the  third  section  of  the  act 

of  U.  S.  of  23d  ^ 

June,  1860,  if  of   of  the  Congress  of  the  United  States,  making: .  appropriations 
force,  to  be  sus-  _°      _  '  o      r  r     r 

pended during  for  the  legislative,  executive  and  judicial  expenses  of  the  gov- 
ernment for  the  year  ending  the  thirtieth  day  of  June,  A.  D. 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  approved  June  twenty-third, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty,  which  declares  that  no  arms  nor 
military  supplies  whatever,  which  are  of  a  patented  invention, 
shall  be  purchased,  nor  the  right  of  using  or  applying  any 
patented  invention,  unless  the  same  shall  be  authorized  by  law, 
and  the  appropriation  therefor  explicitly  set  forth,  that  it  is  for 
such  patented  invention,  (if  of  force  within  the  Confederate 
States,)  shall  be  suspended  in  its  operation  for  and  during  the 
existing  war. 

Approved,  May  16,  1861. 


Disbursing 
clerks. 


Additional  pay. 


No.  130. — AN  ACT   to  provide  a  Compensation   for   the   Disbursing 
Officers  of  the  several  Executive  Departments. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 
enact,  That  the  Secretaries  of  the  State,  Treasury,  War  and 
Navy  Departments,  and  of  the  Department  of  Justice,  and  of 
the  Post  Office  Department,  shall  appoint  one  of  their  clerks  as 
a  disbursing  clerk ;  and  such  clerk  shall  be  allowed,  in  addition 
to  his  compensation  as  clerk,  the  additional  sum  of  two  hun- 
dred dollars  per  annum,  for  disbursing  the  funds  of  said  de- 
partments wiich  may  be  required  to  pass  through  their  hands. 
And  that  all  laws  and  parts  of  laws  now  in  force  relating  to 
this  subject  be  repealed ;  and  that  this  act  take  effect  and  be  of 
force  from  and  after  its  passage. 

Approved,  May  16,  1861. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  51 


No.  132. — AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for 
the  appointment  of  Chaplains  to  the  Army,"  approved  May  third, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  of  America   do  Pny  of  chap- 
cnact,  That  so  much  of  the  second  section  of  the  above  recited 
act  as  fixes  the  pay  of  chaplains  in  the  army  at  eighty-five  dol- 
lars be  repealed,  and  that  the  pay  of  said  chaplains  be  fifty 
dollars  per  month. 

Approved,  May  16,  18G1. 


lains. 


No.  133. — AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  President  to  continue  the  Ap- 
pointments made  by  him  in  the  Military  and  Naval  Service  during 
the  recess  of  Congress  or  the  present  session,  and  to  submit  them 
to  Congress  at  its  next  session. 

The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  of  America   do  president  au- 
mi  1        T->       •  1      .    1  1       •      1  •  1  tliorizod  to  con- 

enact,   Ihat  the  Jrresident  be  authorized  to  continue  the  ap-  tinne  appoint- 

...  1       1        1  •         •        ,1  -I-  1  1  •         ments  iluring 

pointments  made  by  him  in   the   military  and   naval  service  recess  of  Con- 
during  the  recess  of  Congress,  or  the  present  session,  and  to  "^ 
submit  them  to  Congress  at  its  next  session. 

Approved,  May  16,  1861. 


No.  141. — AN  ACT  to  provide  an  additional  Company  of  Sappers  and 
Bombardiers  for  the  Army. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  incre.isinssap- 
America  do  enact,  That  there  be  added  to  the  military  estab-  bdiers! '''""' 
lishment  of  the  Confederate  States  one  company  of  sappers  and 
bombardiers,  to  consist  of  one  captain,  two  first  lieutenants, 
one  second  lieutenant,  ten  sergeants  or  master-workmen,  ten 
corporals  or  overseers,  two  musicians,  thirty-nine  privates  of  the 
first  class,  and  thirty-nine  privates  of  the  second  class,  who  shall 
be  instructed  in  and  perform  all  the  duties  of  sappers  and  bom- 
bardiers, and  shall,  moreover,  under  the  orders  of  the  chief 
engineer,  be  liable  to  serve  by  detachments  in  overseeing  and 
aiding  laborers  upon  fortifications  or  other  works  under  the 


52  ARMY    AND    NAVY    LAWS. 

engineer  department,  and  in  supervising  finished  fortifications, 
as  fort-keepers,  preventing  injury  and  making  repairs. 
Supplies  for  per-       Sec.  2.    That   it   shall    be  the  duty  of  the  colonel  of  the 

vice  of  sappers,  ,  i     i.  xi      o         ^  r  tit 

*c.  engineer  corps,  subject  to  the  approval  oi  tiie  secretary  oi  V\  ar, 

to  prescribe  the  number,  quantity,  form,  dimensions,  &c.,  of  the 

necessary  vehicles,  arms,  pontoons,  tools,  implements,  and  other 

*  supplies  for  the  service  of  said  company  as  a  body  of  sappers 

and  bombardiers. 

Tiy  of  sappers,  Sec.  3.  That  the  monthly  pay  of  the  captain  of  said  com- 
pany shall  be  one  hundred  and  forty  dollars;  of  each  first  lieu- 
tenant, one  hundred  dollars;  of  the  second  lieutenant,  ninety 
dollars;  of  the  sergeants,  thirty-four  dollars;  of  the  corporals, 
twenty  dollars;  of  the  musicians,  thirteen  dollars;  of  the  first 
class  privates,  seventeen  dollars;  and  of  the  second  class  pri- 
vates, thirteen  dollars.  And  the  said  commissioned  officers 
shall  be  entitled  to  the  same  allowances  as  all  other  commis- 
sioned officers  of  the  army,  and  the  same  right  to  draw  forage 
for  horses  as  is  accorded  to  officers  of  like  rank  in  the  engineer 
corps;  and  the  enlisted  men  sball  receive  the  same  rations  and 
allowances  as  are  granted  to  all  other  enlisted  men  in  the  army. 
Approved,  May  17,  18G1. 


No.  145. — AN  ACT  amendntory  of  an  act  to  provide  for  the  org.aniza- 
tion  of  the  Navy. 

Re-organizes  SECTION    1.     The    Conf/ress   of  the    Confederate    States  of 

America  do  enact,  That  from  and  after  the  passage  of  this  act 
the  corps  of  marines  shall  consist  of  one  colonel,  one  lieutenant- 
colonel,  one  major,  one  quartermaster  with  the  rank  of  major, 
one  paymaster  with  the  rank  of  major,  one  adjutant  with  the 
rank  of  major,  one  sergeant  major,  one  quartermaster-sergeant, 
ten  captains,  ten  first  lieutenants,  twenty  second  lieutenants, 
forty  sergeants,  forty  corporals,  and  eight  hundred  and  forty 
privates,  ten  drummers  and  ten  fifers  and  two  musicians. 

Paj'.  Sec.  2.  The  pay  and  emoluments  of  the  officers  and  enlisted 

men  shall  be  the  same  as  that  of  the  officers  and  enlisted  men 
of  like  grade  in  the  infantry  of  the  army,  except  that  the  pay- 

Paymnster  and  master  and  the  adjutant  shall  receive  the  same  pay  as  the  quar- 
termaster; and  the  adjutant  shall  be  taken  from  the  captains 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  53 

and  subaltern^of  the  corps  and  separated  from  tbe  line.     The 
rations  of  enlisted  marines  shall  be  tbe  rations  allowed  by  law  to  Rations, 
seamen.     All  acts  inconsistent  with  the  provisions  of  this  act  Acts  inconsi.s- 

.1  11  tent  repealeil. 

are  hereby  repealed. 

ArrROVED,  May  20,  18G1. 


No.  140. — AN  ACT  to  nmen(l  an  Act  to  provide  for  the  organization  of 
the  Navy,  approved  March  si.xteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
one. 

Section  1.      The    Congress^    of  (he    Confederate    States  o/ President,  may 
America  do  inaet,  That  the   President  be   and   lie  is  hereby  ed'c^lleersof"" 
authorized   to  nominate,  and  by  and  with  the  advice  and  con-  same  rank' in 
sent  of  Congress   to  appoint,  all  officers  of  the  navy  of  the        '  * 

United  States,  who  have  resigned  or  may  hereafter  resign  their 
commi.ssions  on  account  of  the  secession  of  any  or  all  of  the 
Confederate  States,  and  who  may  be  fit  for  active  service,  to  the 
sanie  rank  and  position  in  the  navy  of  the  Confederate  States 
which  they  held  in  that  of  the  United  States :  Provided,  how-  Proviso. 
ever,  That  no  officer  shall  be  so  appointed  who  may  at  any  time 
have  committed  any  act  of  hostility  against  the  Confederate 
States,  or  any  one  thereof. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  assign  officers  of  President  nwy 

1  1  1        •  1       1        1    n  c     ^  a,ssign  duties  to 

the  navy  to  any  duty  connected  with  tlie  defence  oi   the  coun-  navy  otficers. 
try,  and  suitable  to  their  rank,  which  he  may  deem  proper. 

Sec.  3.    That   the   President   be  authorized  to  appoint  six  Assistant,  ray- 
assistant  paymasters  of  the  navy,  each  to  receive  a  salary  of  one  "^^^stersofi.avy. 
thousand  dollars  when  employed  at  sea,  and  seven  hundred  dol- 
lars when  not  thus  employed;  and  all  paymasters  of  the  navy 
shall  be  taken  from  the  grade  of  assistant  paymasters. 

Approved,  May  20,  18C1. 


No.  140. — AN  ACT  making  appropriations  in  addition  to  those  already 
made  for  the  Military  Service  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America, 
for  the  fiscal  year  ending  the  eighteenth  day  of  February,  one  thou- 
Band  eight  hundred  and  sixty- two. 

Section    1.     The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States   o/ p^y  of  one  hnn- 
America  do  enact,  That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  pay  of  ;V'7ufanuyT&o!' 


54 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


the  ofi&cers  and  privates  of  one  hundred  regimeots  of  infantry, 
and  for  quartermaster's  supplies  of  all  kinds  for  the  same,  and 
transportation,  including  horses,  wagons,  harness,  ambulances 
and  other  necessary  expenses,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  the 
eighteenth  of  February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty- 
two,  twenty-seven  millions  nine  hundred  and  thirty-two  thou- 
sand four  hundred  and  ninety-three  dollars  and  twelve  cents. 

ijigion.  Sec.  2.    That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  pay,  quartermas- 

ter's supplies  of  all  kinds,  transportation,  and  other  necessary 
expenses  for  one  regiment  of  legionary  formation,  composed  of 
one  company  of  artillery,  four  companies  of  cavalry,  and  six 
companies  of  voltigeurs,  five  hundred  and  fifty  thousand  four 
hundred  and  eighty-five  dollars. 

Subsistence.  Sec.  3.  That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  purchase  of  sub- 

•  sistence  stores  and  commissary  property  for  one  hundred  thou- 

sand troops,  for  the  fiscal  year  ending  the  eighteenth  of 
February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two,  five  mil- 
lions four  hundred  and  sixty-four  thousand  two  hundred  and 
fifty-eight  dollars  and  eighty  cents. 

Ordnance.  Sec.  4.    That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  ordnance  service, 

for  the  fiscal  year  ending  the  eighteenth  of  February,  one  thou- 
sand eight  hundred  and  sixty-two — for  the  preservation  of 
public  buildings,  quarters,  barracks,  &c.,  at  the  arsenals,  armo- 
ries, and  depots;  for  the  repairs  and  preservation  of  ordnance 
stores;  for  the  pay  of  clerks,  draughtsmen,  colorers,  superintend- 
ents, overseers,  &c.;  for  the  purchase  of  horses,  mules,  forage, 
stationery,  and  contingencies  of  ordnance  service ;  for  the  pur- 
chase of  heavy  ordnance  and  carriages,  with  shot  and  shell  for 
the  same ;  for  sixteen  field  batteries  of  six  pieces  each,  with 
harness,  implements  and  ammunition  ;  for  fifty  thousand  stands 
of  small  arms;  for  five  thousand  pistols  and  holsters;  for  sabres, 
swords,  carbines  and  pistols;  for  five  thousand  sets  of  cavalry 
equipments;  for  five  thousand  sets  of  cavalry  accoutrements; 
for  one  hundred  thousand  sets  of  infantry  accoutrements,  knap- 
sacks, haversacks  and  canteens;  for  two  and  one  half  million 
pounds  powder;  for  materials  for  the  same;  for  lead,  copper, 
and  materials  for  percussion  caps  and  for  friction  tubes ;  for 
additional  shops  and  store-houses  at  Mount  Vernon  Arsenal, 
Alabama,  and  Augusta  Arsenal,  Georgia;  for  machinery,  steam 
engine  and  tools ;  for  cap  machine ;  for  bullet  machine ;  for  re- 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  55 

pairs  of  buildings  and  ruacliines  at  Harper's  Ferry — four  mil- 
lions four  hundred  and  forty  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  5.    That  there  be  appropriated  for  medical  and  hospital  Medical  and 
supplies,  for  the  year  ending  eighteenth  of  February,  one  thou-  plies. 
sand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two,  the  sum  of  three  hundred 
and  fifty  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  6.  That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  contingent  service  Contingent  ger- 

.  .  vice  War  De- 

of  the  War  Department,  for  the  year  ending  the  eighteenth  of  iiaitment.        > 
February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-two,  the  sum 
of  three  hundred  thpusand  dollars. 

Sec.  7.    That  there  be  appropriated  for  contingent  expenses  Contingent  ex- 

-,    ,        ,  1.  IT  r^  i>     Tx  ■      1     1.         penscs  of  adju- 

01  the  Adjutant  and  Inspector-General  s  Department,  including  tantand  inspec- 
ofl&ce  furniture,   stationery,  printed  blanks  for  the  use  of  the  office. 
army,  record  books,  postage,  telegraphic  despatches,  &c.,  for  the 
year  ending  the  eighteenth  February,  one  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred and  sixty-two,  the  sum  of  eight  thousand  dollars. 

Sec.  8.    That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  pay  of  surgeons,  Pay  of  medical 
-,,..,  .  officers  and 

assistant   surgeons,    and   chaplains,   for   the   year   ending  the  chaplains. 
eighteenth  day  of  February,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
sixty-two,  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  twenty-nine  thousand 
nine  hundred  and  one  dollars. 

Approved,  May  21,  18G1. 


No.  150. — AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act  relative  to  Tclcgrapbic  Lines  of 
the  Confederate  States,  approved  May  eleventh,  one  thousand  eight 
hundred  and  sixty-one. 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of  America   do  Additional  com- 
ejiact,  That  the  sixth  section  of  the  "act  relative  to  telegraph  Jpecrai'agema of 
lines  of  the  Confederate  States  "  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  so  [^.|,tfes'!''"  ^°"'" 
amended  as  to  authorize  the  President  to  allow  such  compensa- 
tion as  may  be  reasonable  and  proper,  in  addition  to  what  may 
be  allowed  by  the  telegraph  companies,  to  such  of  the  agents  of 
said  companies  as  he  may  charge  with  special  and  important 
duties,  where  such  agents  are  deemed  trustworthy  and  accepta- 
ble both  to  him  and  the  companies  concerned. 

Approved,  May  21,  1861. 


56 


ARMY   A^D    XAVY   LAWS. 


No.  lo?,. — AN  ACT  concerning  the  transportation  of  Solliers  and 
allowance  for  Clothing  of  Volnntccr.s,  ami  amendatory  of  the  Act 
for  tlie  estabiishmeut  and  organization  of  the  Army  of  the  Confede- 
rate States. 


Mileage  to 
discharged  sol- 
diers. 


Proviso. 


Clothing  allow- 
ance. 


Proviso. 


Section  1.  The  Corigress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  d^i  enact,  When  transportation  cannot  be  furnished  in 
kind,  the  dis^charged  soMier  shall  be  entitled  to  receive  tea 
cents  per  mile  in  lieu  of  all  traveling  pay,  sub.sistence,  forage, 
and  undniwn  clothing,  from  the  place  of  di.scharge  to  the  place 
of  his  culistiuent  or  enrollment,  estimating  the  distance  by  the 
shortest  mail  route,  and  if  there  is  no  mail  route,  by  the  short- 
est practicable  route.  The  foregoing  to  apply  to  all  officers, 
non-commissioned  officers,  musicians,  artificers,  farriers,  black- 
smiths and  privates  of  volunteers,  when  disbanded,  discharged 
or  mustered  out  of  service  of  the  Confederate  States;  and  it 
shall  also  apply  to  all  volunteer  troops,  as  above  designated, 
when  traveling  from  the  place  of  enrollment  to  the  place  of 
general  rendezvous  or  point  where  mustered  into  service:  Pro- 
vided, That  nothing  herein  contained  shall  be  so  construed  as 
to  deprive  the  mounted  volunteers  of  the  allowance  of  forty 
cents  a  day  for  the  use  and  risk  of  his  horse,  which  allowance 
is  made  from  the  date  of  his  enrollment  to  the  date  of  his  dis- 
charge, and  also  for  every  twenty  miles  travel  from  the  place  of 
his  discharge  to  the  place  of  his  enrollment. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  fourth  section  of  the  act  of  March  6,  1861, 
"  to  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  be  amended  as  follows, 
viz:  There  shall  be  allowed  to  each  volunteer,  to  be  paid  to  him 
CD  the  first  muster  and  pay  rolls  after  being  received  and  mus- 
tered into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  State;*,  the  sum  of 
twentj^-oiie  dollars,  in  lieu  of  clothing  for  six  months;  and 
thereafter  the  same  allowance  in  money  at  every  subsequent 
period  of  service  for  sis  mouths  in  lieu  of  clothing:  Provided, 
That  the  price  of  all  clotliing  in  kind  received  by  said  volun- 
teers from  the  ConfuJerate  States  Government  shall  be  deducted 
first  from  the  money  thus  allowed;  and  if  that  sum  be  not  suf- 
ficient, the  balance  shall  be  charged  for  stoppage  on  the  muster 
and  pay  rolls;  and  that  all  accounts  arising  from  contritcts, 
agreements,  or  arrangements  for  furnishing  clothing  to  volun- 
teers, to  be  duly  certified  by  the  company  commander,  shall  be 
paid  out  of  the  £aid  semi-annual  allowance  of  money. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  57 

Sec.  3.  That  the  twenty-first  section  of  the  act  for  the  organ-  Forage  for  ai.is- 
ization  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  be  so  amended  adjuuults!"' 
as  to  allow  to  aids-de-camp  and  to  adjutants  forage  for  the  same 
number  of  horses  as  allowed  to  officers  of  the  same  grade  in  the 
mounted  service. 

ArrROVED,  May  21,  18G1. 


No.  154.  —  AN  ACT  to  be  enlitlciJ  an  Act  to  amend  "An  Act  to  raise 
an  adJitional  Military  Force  to  serve  during  the  War," 

The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    Slates  of  America  do  Subaltern  of  line 
enaet,  That  so  much  of  the  second  section  of  the  act  entitled  !iss'ig"icd'ti!e' 
an   act  to   raise   an   additional  military  force  to   perve  during  tant. °  "'''^" 
the   war,    passed    May    eighth,    eighteen    hundred    and    sility- 
one,  be  so  amended  as  to  authorize  the  President,  on  the  appli- 
cation of  any  commanding   officer  of  a  regiment  or  battalion 
authorized  by  said  act,  to  assign  a  subaltern  of  the  line  of  the 
army  to  the  duties  of  adjutant  of  said  regiment  or  battalion. 

Approved,  May  21,  18GL 


No.  l.^)-5. — AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  President  to  confer  teniporary 
ranic  and  command,  for  service  with  volunteer  troops,  on  Otiicers  of 
the  Confederate  Army. 

The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States   of  America  do  Officers  of  army 
.     mt     .     1       r»       •  1       .      1     11    1  1-1  r  niaybeiV'isigned 

enact,  I  hat  the  rresident  shall  be  authorized  to  confer  tempo-  to  temporary 

rniilv  for  sorvioo 

rary  rank  and  command,  for  service  with  volunteer   troops,  on  with  volunteers, 
officers  of  the  Confederate  army;  the  same  to  be  held  without 
prejudice   to   their  positions  in  paid  army,  and  to  have  effect 
only  to  the  extent  and  according  to  the  assignment  made  in 
general  order. 

ArrROVED,  May  21,  1861. 


No.  15G. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  Incidental  Expenses  of  the  Pub- 
lic Service  within  the  Indian  tribes. 

The  Congress  of  the    Confederate   States  do  enact    That  the 
sum  of  one  hundred  thousand  dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereby 


58  ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 

Incidental  ox-     appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise 

penses  of  Indian  .  ,       .      .  ,  ,  »  ,,  ,  ,. 

trii>e3.  appropriated,  to  meet  the  incidental  expenses  or  the  public  ser- 

vice within  the  Indian  tribes,  for  the  year  ending  February  the 
eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two.  But  a  particular 
and  specific  account  of  the  expenditures  under  this  act  shall  be 
made  and  reported  to  Congress  at  its  next  session  after  the 
expiration  of  the  period  herein  named. 
Approved,  May  21,  18G1. 


No.  170. — A.N  ACT  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  net  recognizing  the 
existence  of  war  between  tlie  United  States  and  the  Confederate 
States,  and  concerning  Letters  of  Marque,  Prizes  and  Prize  Goods," 
approved  May  sixth,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

Bounty  of  SECTION  1.     Tlie    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States   do' 

u^cm  vaiue'of^  cnact,  That  the  tenth  section  of  the  above  entitled  act  be  so 
destroyedl^^^  ^  amended  that,  in  addition  to  the  bounty  therein  mentioned,  the 
Government  of  the  Confederate  States  will  pay  to  the  cruiser  or 
cruisers  of  any  private  armed  vessel  commissioned  under  said 
act,  twenty  per  centum  on  the  value  of  each  and  every  vessel  of 
war  belonging  to  the  enemy,  that  may  be  sunk  or  destroyed  by 
such  private  armed  vessel  or  vessels,  the  value  of  the  armament 
to  be  included  in  the  estimate.  The  valuation  to  be  made  by  a 
board  of  naval  oflBcers  appointed,  and  their  award  to  be  ap- 
proved by  the  President,  and  the  amount  found  to  be  due  to  be 
payable  in  eight  per  cent,  bonds  of  the  Confederate  States. 
Inventor  of  new       Sec.  2.  That  if  any  person  who  may  have  invented  or  may 

armed  vessel  to.  ■,  •     t      n  ^  n        •        ■> 

be  entitled  to      hereafter  invent  any  new  kind  of  armed  vessel,  or  floating  bat- 
benefit  of  this  .  . 
act.                   tery,  or  defence,  shall  deposit  a  plan  of  the  same,  accompanied 

by  suitable  explanations  or  specifications,  in  the  navy  depart- 
ment, together  with  an  affidavit  setting  forth  that  he  is  the 
inventor  thereof,  such  deposit  and  affidavit  (unless  the  facts  set 
forth  therein  shall  be  disproved)  shall  entitle  such  inventor  or 
his  assigns  to  the  sole  and  exclusive  enjoyment  of  the  rights  and 
privileges  conferred  by  this  act,  reserving,  however,  to  the 
Government,  in  all  cases,  the  right  of  using  such  invention. 

Approved,  May  21,  1861. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  59 


No.  171. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  pay  of  additional  officers,  non- 
commissioned officers,  musicians  and  privates  of  the  Marine  Corps, 
to  constitute  a  Regiment,  and  for  the  additional  clothing  and  sub- 
sistence of  the  non-commissioned  officers,  musicians  and  privates, 
for  the  year  ending  February  the  eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-two. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  Pay  and  sup- 
That  the  sum  of  ninety-five  thousand  two  hundred  and  forty  corps, 
dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any 
money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  pay 
of  additional  officers,  musicians  and  privates  of  the  marine 
corps,  and  subsistence  for  the  same  for  and  during  the  year 
ending  February  the  eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
two,  said  sum  to  be  appropriated  as  follows :  One  colonel,  (for 
nine  months,)  two  thousand  dollars;  lieutenant-colonel,  (for 
nine  months,)  eighteen  hundred  dollars;  quartermaster,  Taddi- 
tional,)  five  hundred  dollars;  paymaster,  (additional,)  five  hun- 
dred dollars;  adjutant,  (additional,)  five  hundred  dollars;  four 
captains,  five  thousand  two  hundred  dollars;  four  first  lieu- 
tenants, three  thousand  six  hundred  dollars ;  fourteen  second 
lieutenants,  ten  thousand  and  eighty  dollars ;  additional  non- 
commissioned officers  and  musicians,  four  thousand  eight  hun- 
dred dollars;  two  hundred  and  forty  additional  privates  at 
eleven  dollars  per  month,  twenty-three  thousand  seven  hundred 
and  sixty  dollars;  additional  clothing  for  non-commissioned 
officers,  musicians  and  privates,  fifteen  thousand  dollars;  addi- 
tional rations  for  non-commissioned  officers,  musicians  and  pri- 
vates, sixty-six  thousand  rations  at  sixteen  thousand  five  hundred 
dollars;  additional  expenses  of  recruiting,  transportation  of 
officers  and  men,  five  thousand  dollars;  pay  of  armories  and 
purchase  of  small  arms,  ordnance  stores,  accoutrements,  flags, 
&.C.,  four  thousand  dollars;  contingencies,  including  freight, 
cartage,  &c.,  two  thousand  dollars. 
Approved,  May  21,  18G1. 


No.  178. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  pay  of  the  officers  who  have  re- 
signed from  thcTTnited  States  Navy,  and  whom  it  is  proposed  to  add 
to  the  Confederate  States  Navy. 

Be  it  enacted  hy  the    Congress  of  the    Confederate  States  of 
America,  That  the  sum  of  three  hundred  and  fifty-two  thousand 


60 


ARMY   AKD    NAVY    LAWS. 


Pay  ofoflRocrs     six  hundred  dollars  be  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  out 

ret-igned  from  .  •/      r  i      i 

"•  S- Ji«vy  f>n«l    of  any  nionoy  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  to  be 
iiavy.  expended  in  the  pay  of  the  officers  who  have  resigned  from  the 

United  States  Navy,  and  whom  it  is  proposed  to  add  to  that  of 
the  Confederate  States,  said  sum  to  be  appropriated  as  follows: 
For  the  pay  of  twelve  captains,  on  and  off  duty,  §40,000; 
twenty-nine  commanders,  on  and  off  duty,  $71,000;  eighty 
lieutenants,  3139,400;  twenty-five  surgeons,  including  passed 
assistant  surgeons,  §50,200;  twelve  assistant  surgeons,  §14,400; 
sixteen  paymasters,  831,000.  To  pay  Captains  Lawrence  Eous- 
seau,  Josiah  Tattnall,  Victor  M.  Randolph,  and  Duncan  M. 
Ingraham,  and  Commander  Kaphajel  Scmmes  certain  travelling 
expenses,  as  per  resolution  of  March  15th,  1861,  (8598,)  five 
hundred  and  ninety-three  dollars. 

Approved,  May  21,  1861. 


Acpeptanee  of 
arsenal  of  Little 
Kock  iind  of 
Fort  Siiiitli. 


No.  180. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  cession,  on  tbe  part  of  the  State 
of  Arkansas,  of  the  Arsenal  at  Little  Rock,  and  of  Fort  Smith  at  the 
city  of  Fort  Smith,  in  the  State  of  Arkansas,  to  the  Confederate 
States  of  .America,  and  the  acceptance  of  the  same  by  the  said  Con- 
federate States. 

WnEREAS,  By  ordinance  of  the  Convention  of  the  State  of 
Arkansas,  passed  the  11th  day  of  May,  1861,  herewith  sub- 
mitted, authority  was  conferred  upon  the  delegation  of  the  State 
of  Arkansas  to  cede  to  the  Confederate  States  the  arsenal  at 
Little  Hock,  and  Fort  Smith  at  the  city  of  Fort  Smith,  in  the 
State  of  Arkansas,  and  the  grounds,  buildings  and  appurte- 
nances attached  to  each,  in  accordance  with  the  terms  of  said 
ordinance  :  Therefore, 

IVie  Covgress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  cession  as  hereinbefore  recited  is  hereby  accepted,  and 
it  is  now  made  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  accept  a 
deed  of  cession  of  the  said  arsenal  and  other  property  to  be  ex- 
ecuted by  the  said  delegation,  and  to  take  charge  of  and  hold 
•the  same  in  the  name  of  the  Government  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America. 

Approved,  May  21,  1861. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  61 


No   181.— AN  ACT  relative  to  Prisoners  of  War. 

Section  1.     The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States   of  Quartomwstor- 
America  do  enaet,  That  all  prisoners  of  war  taken,  whether  on  I'artment  to 

,  .  ,  ,.  ,         •!••  -iiTT-i    ITOvide  for  pris- 

land  or  at  sea,  during  the  pending  hostilities  with  the  United  ouersofwar. 
States,  shall  be  transferred  by  the  captors,  from  time  to  time 
and  as  often  as  convenient,  to  the  Department  of  "War;  and  it 
shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War,  with  the  approval  of 
the  President,  to  issue  such  instructions  to  the  Quartermaster- 
General  and  his  subordinates  as  shall  provide  for  the  safe 
custody  and  sustenance  of  prisoners  of  war;  and  the  rations 
furnished  prisoners  of  war  shall  be  the  same  in  quantity  and 
quality  as  those  furnished  to  enlisted  men  in  the  army  of  the 
Confederacy. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  eighth  section  of  the  act  entitled  ''An  act  Private  persons 

...  .  p  ,       _^    .       ,    ~  1    ""  prizes  not  to 

recognizing  the  existence  of  wSr  between  the  United  States  and  be  contgdered 

1        /-.      o   1  r.  1  •  T  /•    HT  prisoners  of  wiir. 

the  Confederate  States,  and  concerning  Letters  ot  Marque, 
Prizes  and  Prize  Goods/'  shall  not  be  so  construed  as  to 
authorize  the  holding  as  prisoners  of  war  the  officers  or  crew  of 
any  unarmed  vessel,  nor  any  passenger  on  such  vessels,  unless 
such  passengers  be  persons  employed  in  the  public  service  of 
the  enemy.     . 

Sec.  3.  That  the  tenth  section  of  the  above  recited  act  shall  B(Minty  allowed 

.  only  for  i)rison- 

not  be  so  construed  as  to  allow  a  bounty  f >  r  prisoners  captured  ers  on  armed 

111-  vessels  of 

on  vessels  of  the  enemy  and  brought  into  port,  unless  such  enemy, 
prisoners  were  captured  on  board  of  an  armed  ship  or  vessel  of 
the  enemy  of  equal  or  superior  force  to  that  of  the  private 
armed  vessel  making  the  capture. 
Approved,  May  21,  1861. 


No.  184. — AN  ACT  making  appropriations  for  the  support  of  the 
Navj'.  for  the  year  ending  eighteenth  of  FeTaruary,  eighteen  hundred 
and  bi  sty-two. 

The  Cvnijress  rf  (he  Conf  derate  States  do  enact,  That  the 
following  sums  be,  and  the  same  are  hereby  appropriated,  for 
the  objects  hereinafter  expressed,  for  the  year  ending  the  eigh- 
teenth of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two  : 

K((ej/ — For   purchase  of  nautical   instruments,    books   and  nooks,  instm- 
charts  for  Confederate  States  Navy,  five  thousand  five  hundred  4c.   "' 


62  ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 

dollars.  For  equipment  and  repair  of  vessels  of  Confederate 
States  Navy,  one  hundred  thousand  dollars.  For  laboratory 
for  safe-keeping  ordnance  stores,  and  labor  in  preparing  them, 
thirty-seven  thousand  dollars.  For  ordnance  and  ordnance 
stores,  eighty  thousand  dollars.  For  "contingent  enumerated," 
for  the  following  purposes,  viz:  Freight  and  transportation; 
printing  and  stationery;  advertising;  models  and  drawings; 
repair  of  fire  engines  and  hose  repairs,  and  attending  to  steam 
engines  in  3'ards;  purchase  and  maintenance  of  horses  and  oxea 
and  drawing  teams;  carts,  lumber,  wheels,  and  the  purchase 
and  repair  of  workman's  tools ;  postage  on  public  letters ;  fuel, 
oil  and  candles  for  navy  yards  and  shore  stations;  pay  of 
watchmen,  and  incidental  labor  not  chargeable  to  other  appro- 
priations ;  wharfage,  dockage  and  rent ;  travelling  expenses  of 
ofScors  and  others,  under  orders ;  funeral  expenses;  store  and 
office  rent;  commissions  and  pa^  of  navy  agents  and  clerks; 
flags,  awnings  and  packing  boxes;  books  for  libraries  of  vessels; 
premiums  and  other  expenses  of  recruiting;  apprehending  de- 
serters; per  diem  pay  of  persons  attending  courts  martial, 
courts  of  inquiry,  and  other  services  authorized  by  law ;  pay  of 
judge  advocate;  pilotage  and  tonnage  of  vessels,  and  assistance 
to  vessels  in  distress ;  and  for  bills  of  health  and  quarantine  ex- 
penses, fifty  thousand  dollars.  For  medical  supplies  and  sur- 
geons' necessaries  for  sick  of  navy,  engineer  and  marine  corps, 
six  thcusand  dollars. 

Approved,  May  21,  1861. 


No.  194. — AN  ACT  relating  to  the  Pre-payment  of  Postage  in  certaia 

cases. 

Pre-payment  of        SECTION   1.     The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States   of 
enforced.  America  do  enact,  That  all  letters  and  other  matter  authorized 

by  law  to  be  transmitted  through  the  mails,  written  or  sent  by 
any  officer,  musician  or  private  of  the  army  engaged  in  the 
actual  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  may  be  transmitted 
through  the  mails  to  any  other  place  in  the  Confederate  States 
without  pre-payment  of  postage,  but  leaving  such  postage  to  be 
collected  upon  the  delivery  of.  such  letters  or  other  matter: 
Proviso.  Provided,  nevertheless,  That  in  all  such  cases,  the  letters  and 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  63 

other  mail  matter  so  sent  shall  be  endorsed  with  the  name  and 
shall  be  on  account  of  the  individual  sending  the  same,  and 
shall  contain  a  description  of  the  party  who  sends  the  same, 
by  endorsement  of  his  military  title,  if  an  officer,  or  of  the 
company  and  regiment  to  which  he  belongs,  if  a  musician  or 
private. 

Sec.  2.    That  letters  and   other  mail   matter  sent  to  any  Forwarded  let- 
officer,  musician  or  private  in  the  Confederate  States  Army,  at  n'^H  to  be'^™^ 
any  point  from  which  the  said  officer,  musician  or  private  may  *^  '"^ 
have  been  lawfully  removed,  shall  be  forwarded  to  the  person 
to  whom  directed  at  the  post  office  nearest  which  he  may  have 
been  removed,  free  of  additional  postage. 

Sec.  3.    That  on  letters  transmitted  by  a  member  of  Con-  Pre-payment 

.,,,.«.,.  ,  ,  ,  not  required 

gress,  with  his  oincial  signature  endorsed  on  the  same,  pre-  on  letters  from 

„  ,     ,,  ,  •       T     1  1  members  of 

payment  oi  postage  shall  not  be  required,  but  the  same  may  Congress. 
be  paid  on  the  delivery  of  the  letters  thus  transmitted. 

Sec.  4.    Any  person  attempting  to  violate  the  provisions  of  Penalty  for  vio- 
this  act  shall  be  guilty  of  a  misdemeanor,  and  shall  forfeit  and 
pay  the  sum  of  twenty  dollars,  to  be  recovered  before  any  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  having  cognizance  thereof. 

Approved,  July  29,  1861. 


No.  195.— A  EESOLUTION  to  dispose  of  Donations  made  by  certain 
Churches  on  the  late  Fast  Day. 

Resolved  hy  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica, That  the  sum  of  five  thousand  two  hundred  and  seventy- 
eight  dollars  and  eighty-eight  cents,  reported  by  the  Secretary 
of  the  Treasury  as  received  into  the  treasury  from  donations  by 
churches  on  the  late  fast  day,  be  appropriated  as  a  fund  for  the 
use  of  the  soldiers  and  officers  wounded  at  the  late  battle  of 
Manassas ;  and  that  the  same  be  disbursed  and  applied  by  the 
Secretary  of  the  Treasury,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  Chair- 
man of  the  Committee  of  the  House. 

Approved,  July  30,  1861. 


64  ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


No.  19G.— RESOLUTIONS  in  relation  to  tlie  First  Regiment  of  North 
Caioliua  Volunteers. 

First  K.  C.  vol-  Resoh:e<l  h)/  (he  Conrjrcss  of  the  Coufedci'ate  States  of  Ame- 
rtccepted  for  six  rica,  That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to 
receive  and  muster  iuto  the  sc'rvicc  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America,  tlic  First  rtcgiment  of  North  Carolina  Volunteers, 
now  stationed  at  Yorktown,  for  the  term  of  six  mouths,  from 
tlie  time  they  were  sworn  in  and  mustered  into  the  service  of 
North  Carolina,  and  to  discharge  them  after  the  expiration  of 
that  period;  said  period  to  commence  at  the  time  the  fir.«t  com- 
pany of  said  regiment  was  mustered  into  the  service  of  Nortb 
Carolina. 
Cadets  of  N.c.  ResoJced,  further,  That  the  cadets  from  the  North  Carolina 
Institute  at  Charlotte,  who  may  have  been  acting  with  said 
regiment,  be  mustered  into  service  in  the  same  manner  as  the 
residue  of  the  regiment,  and  recognized  as  part  thereof,  with 
the  pay  of  privates. 

Ari'ROVKD,  July  30,  18G1. 


No.  199. — AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  di.«trihution  of  the  proceeds  of  the 
ifule  of  the  A.  13.  Thompson,  condemned  as  a  prize. 

The    Conijrcas   of  the    Confederate    States    of  America  do 
Pri7x».  A. B.  enact,  That  the  proceeds  of  the  sale  of  the  ship  A.  B.  Tliomp- 

lomfison.  ^^^^  taken  by  the  Confederate  States  ship  of  war,  the  Lady 
Davis,  and  condemned  as  a  prize,  under  a  decree  of  the  Con- 
federate States  Court  for  the  District  of  South  Carolina,  when 
paid  into  the  treasurj?^,  shall  be  distributed  by  the  Secretary  of 
the  Navy  according  to  the  provisions  of  the  act  of  the  United 
States  of  April  23d,  1800,  entitled  "An  act  for  the  better 
•  government  of  the  Navy  of  the  United  States,"  and  made  of 
force  by  an  act  of  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
February  0th,  1^01,  entitled  "An  act  to  continue  in  force 
certain  laws  of  the  United  States  of  America,  rating  Captain 
Elliott  and  his  detachment — declared  joint  captors  by  the  said 
decree  as  marines,  according  to  their  respective  ranks. 
AprRovKD,  August  1,  1801, 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  65 


No.  201. — AN  ACT  to  make  provision  for  the  care  of  Supplies  for  the 
Sick  and  Wounded. 

The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do  Clerk  to  take 

.  charc;e  of  sup- 

enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  shall  forthwith  appoint  a  pliesfor sick, 
clerk  ill  the  office  of  the  surgeon-general,  to  take  charge  of  all 
hospital  supplies  and  other  articles  which  may  be  contributed 
for  the  use  of  the  sick  and  wounded;  and  the  same  to  dispose 
of,  according  to  thenvishes  of  the  contributors,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  medical  department  of  the  army ;  the  salary  of  the 
said  clerk  not  to  exceed  one  thousand  dollars;  and  the  said 
clerk  shall  be  authorized,  under  the  direction  of  the  surgeon- 
general,  to  procure  and  lit  up  a  proper  place  for  the  safe-keeping 
and  proper  disposal  of  the  said  articles. 

ArruovED,  August  2,  1861. 


No.  202. — AN  ACT  to  amend  an  Act,  entitled  "An  act  to  make  further 
provisions  for  tlie  Public  Defence,"  approved  11th  May,  18G1  ;  and 
to  amend  an  Act,  entitled  "An  act  to  increase  the  Military  Estab- 
lishment of  the  Confederate  States;"  and  to  amend  the  "Act  for 
the  establishment  and  organization  of  the  Arui}'  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  America." 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States   of  America  do  Additional  .sni> 

mi  .1        1  •    1  ••  f     1  •  1    1    /,  .  altern  to  volun- 

e7iact,   Ihat  the  third  section  ot  the  act,  entitled  "An  act  to  tecr company. 

make  further  provision  for  the  public  defence,"  approved  11th 

May,  1861,  be  amended  by  striking   out  of  said   section  the 

words,   "detailed  from  the  regular  army;"  and  further,  that 

the  ninth  section  of  the  act,  entitled  "An  act  to  increase  the 

military  establishment  of  the  Confederate  States,"  and  to  amend 

the  "Act  for  the  establishment  and  organization  of  the  Army 

of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,"  approved  16th  May, 

1861,   be  amended,   by  adding   thereto   the   following   clause : 

"And  that  the  President  may,  in  his  discretion,  upon  the  ap-  Rank  .ind  pay 

...  ,  t    ..  f,  .  ,  ....         of  staff  officers 

plication  and  recommendation  oi  a  major-general,  or  brigadier-  appoint^-d  by 
general,  appoint  from   civil   life  persons  to  the   staff  of  such  civil  hfe. 
officer,  who  shall  have  the  same  rank  and  pay  as  if  appointed 
from  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States. 

ArrROVED,  August  3,  1861. 
5 


66  ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


No.  203.— AN  ACT  to  provide  for  an  additionftl  Field  Officer  to  Volun- 
teer B.ittalions,  and  for  the  appointment  of  Assistant  Adjutants- 
General  for  the  Provisional  Forces. 

Field  officers  to  Gection  1.  Be  it  enacted  hy  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate 
/States  of  America,  That  the  eighth  section  of  the  act  of  March 
6th,  1861,  "To  provide  for  the  public  defence,"  be,  and  the 
same  is  hereby,  so  far  amended,  that  whenever  battalions  of 
volunteers  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate.Statcs  shall  consist 
of  not  less  than  six  companies,  there  may  be  allowed,  in  the 
discretion  of  the  President,  to  each  battalion  so  constituted  two 
field  officers,  one  with  the  rank  of  lieutenant-colonel  and  the 
other  with  the  rank  of  major. 

Adjutants-gene-       Sec.  2.   That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby,  authorized 

ral  for  volun-  ^  '      ^  . 

teers.  to  appoint  for  the  volunteer  forces  in  the  Confederate  service 

as  many  assistant  adjutants-general  as  the  service  may  require, 

whose  rank   shall  correspond  with  the  rank   of  the  assistant 

adjutants-general   in  the  regular  army,  and  who  shall   receive 

the   same   pay   and   allowances,  according   to  their  respective 

grades. 

Approved,  August  2,  1861. 


No.  207. — AN  ACT  to  amend  an  Act,  entitled  "An  act  making  nppro- 
piiiitions  for  the  Support  of  the  Navy  for  the  year  ending  lourth 
February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two." 

Applies  to  navj'         The    Connress   of  the    Confederate    States  of   America  do 

yard  at  Norfolk,  ,  .         ,      .  . 

part  of  appro-      enact,  That  the  ciirhth  item  of  said  act  be  so  amended  that 

jiriation  for  yard        , 

atPensaeola.  thirty  thousand  dollars  be  deducted  from  the  appropriation 
of  fifty-four  thousand  three  hundred  and  sixty-three  dollars 
therein  made  for  the  pay  of  officers  and  others  at  the  navy  yard 
at  Pensacola,  and  be  appropriated  to  the  same  objects  at  the 
navy  yard  at  Norfolk, 

Approved,  August  3,  1861. 


No.  209. — To  authorize  advances  to  be  made  in  certain  cases. 

Advances  may  ^^^^    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do 

conTracts?"        enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  "War,  with  the  approbation  of  the 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  67 

President,  be  authorized,  during  the  existence  of  the  present 
war,  to  make  advances  upon  any  contract,  not  to  exceed  thirty- 
three  and  one-third  per  cent.,  for  arms  or  munitions  of  war : 
Provided,  That  security  be  first  taken,  to  be  approved  by  the  Proviso. 
Secretary  of  War,  for  the  performance  of  the  contract,  or  for  a 
proper  accounting  for  the  said  money. 

Approved,  August  5,  18G1. 


No.  213. — AN  ACT  to  provide  fnr  tlic  Construction  of  a  newly-invented 
Implement  of  War. 

Whereas,  Charles  S.  Dickinson  alleges  that  he  has  invented  Purchase  of 
a  machine,  generally  known  as  **  Winan's  Gun,"  whereby  balls 
can  be  projected  with  such   force,  rapidity  and  precision  as  to 
render  it  a  valuable  implement  of  war,  both  in  the  army  and 
navy  : 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 
therefore  enact,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  cause  one  machine  of  this  de- 
scriptiin,  calculated  to  throw  balls  measuring  about  three- 
fourths  of  an  inch  in  diameter,  and  weighing  about  two  ounces, 
to  be  constructed  under  the  direction  of  said  Dickinson  :  Pro- 
vided, That  the  cost  thereof  shall  not  exceed  five  thousand 
dollars. 

Approved,  August  6,  1861. 


No.  21.5.— AN  ACT  to  nuthorize  tlie  President  of  the  Confederate 
States  to  grant  Commissions  to  raise  Volunteer  Regiments  and  Bat- 
talions, composed  of  persons  who  are  or  liave  liecn  residents  of  the 
States  of  Kentucky,  Missouri,  Maryland  and  Delaware. 

The    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States  of  America   do  Profidcnt  may 

•J  '^  -^  J  appoint  field 

enact.  That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  be  and  he  officers  to  regi- 
ments or  bat- 
is  hereby  authorized  to  jrrant  commi-ssions  to  officers  above  the  tuii'^ns  raised  in 

•'  _  °  Confederate 

grade  of  captain,  to  such  persons  as  he  may  think  fit,  to  raise  States. 

and  command  volunteer  regiments  and  battalions  for  the  service 

of  the  Confi'dcrafe  States  j  said  regiments  and  battalions  to  be 

composed  of  persons  who  arc  or  have  been  residents  of  the  States 


68 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


of  Kentucky,  Missouri,  Maryland  or  Delaware,  and  v»ho  have 
enlisted,  or  may  enlist,  under  said  officers,  upon  the  condition, 
however,  that  such  officers  shall  not  hold  rank  or  receive  pay, 
until  such  regiments  or  hattalious  shall  have  been  raised  and 
are  mustered  into  service. 

AprROVED,  August  8, 1861. 


President  maj- 
.iccept  any 
number  o"f  vol- 
unteers, not  ex- 
ceeding 400,000. 


Or.aanized  and 
paid  under  act 
Cth  IMarch,  1801. 


Not  to  interfere 
with  previous 
acts. 


No.  217. — AN  ACT  furtber  to  provide  for  the  Public  Defence. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  in  order  to  provide  additional  forces 
to  repel  invasion,  maintain  the  rightful  possession  of  the  Con- 
federate States  of  America,  and  to  secure  the  independence  of 
the  Confederate  States,  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  to  employ  the  militia,  military  and  naval  forces  of 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  to  ask  for  and  accept 
the  services  of  any  number  of  volunteers,  not  exceeding  four 
hundred  thousand,  who  may  offer  their  services,  either  as  cav- 
alry, mounted  riflemen,  artillery  or  infantry,  in  such  propor- 
tions of  these  several  arms  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  to  serve 
for  a  period  of  not  less  than  twelve  months,  nor  more  than 
three  3-ears  after  they  shall  be  mustered  into  service,  unless- 
sooner  discharged. 

Sec.  2.  That  whenever  the  militia  or  volunteers  are  called 
and  received  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  under 
the  provisions  of  this  act,  they  shall  be  organized  under  the  act 
of  the  6th  of  March,  1861,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for  the 
public  defence,"  with  the  same  pay  and  allowances  of  said  act, 
and  the  same  time  for  the  service  of  the  militia. 

Sec.  3.  Nothing  in  this  act  shall  be  construed  to  extend  to 
or  in  anywise  to  alter  any  act  heretofore  passed,  authorizing  the 
President  to  receive  troops  offered  directly  to  the  Confederate 
States  for  the  war,  or  for  any  less  time. 

Approved,  August  8,  1861. 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  69 


No.  219.— RESOLUTIONS  touchinp;  certain  points  of  Maritime  Law, 
and  defining  the  position  of  the  Confederate  States  in  respect 
thereto. 

Whereas,  The  Plenipotentiaries  of  Great  Britain,  Austria, 
France,  Prussia,  Ptussia,  Sardinia  and  Turkey,  in  a  conference 
held  at  Paris,  on  the  16th  of  April,  185G,  made  certain  de- 
clarations respecting  maritime  law,  to  serve  as  uniform  rules 
for  their  guidance,  in  all  cases  arising  under  the  principles  thus 
proclaimed  :  And  ichereax,  it  being  desirable,  not  only  to  attain 
certainty  and  uniformity  as  far  as  may  be  practicable  in  mari- 
time law,  but  also  to  maintain  whatever  is  just  and  proper  in 
the  established  usages  of  nations,  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  deem  it  important  to  declare  the  principles  by  which, 
they  will  be  governed  in  their  intercourse  with  the  rest  of 
mankind  :   Now,  therefore, 

Be  it  resolved  hy  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  PrivntooHng 
America,  1.  That  we  maintain  the  right  of  privateering,  as  it     '     ' 
has  long  been  established  by  the  practice  and  recognized  by  the 
law  of  nations. 

2.  That  the  neutral   flag  covers  enemy's  goods,  with  the  Neutral  nag 

covers  enemy's 

exception  of  contraband  or  war.  goods. 

3.  That  neutral  goods,  with  the  exception  of  contraband  of  Keutrai  goods 

not  liable  to 

war,  are  not  liable  to  capture  under  enemy  s  flag.  capture. 

4.  That  blockades,  in  order  to  be  binding,  must  be  effectual:  Hiockadcmust 

*,        .  .        .       ,  ,  „  m   ■  ^  be  etlective. 

that  IS  to  say,  maintainca  by  a  force  suuicient  really  to  prevent 
access  to  the  coast  of  the  enemy. 

AiTROVED,  August  13,  1861. 


No.  220. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the  Appointment  of  Surgeons  and 
Assistant  Surgeons  for  Hospitals. 

Section  1.     The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States   o/ prosident  au- 
America  do  enact,   That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  pohir'as  n?any 
authorized  to  appoint  in  the  Provisional  army  as  many  Sur-  l^'^nwessVy.*^'^^ 
geons  and  Assistant  Surgeons,  for  the  various  hospitals  of  the 
Confederacy,  as  may  be  necessary. 

Approved,  August  14,  1861. 


70 


ARMY   AND   NAVY  LAWS. 


Co-operation 
with  State  of 
Ilissouri. 


I  lissouri  troops 
to  )ie  accepted. 


Officers. 


Field  officer!- 


No.  225. — AN  ACT  to  aid  the  State  of  Missouri  in  repelling  invasion 
by  the  United  States,  and  to  authorize  the  admission  of  said  State 
as  a  member  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  for  other 
purposes. 

Whereas,  The  people  of  the  State  of  Missouri  have  been 
prevented,  bj  the  unconstitutional  interference  of  the  govern- 
ment of  the  United  States,  from  expressing  their  will  through 
their  legally  constituted  authorities,  in  regard  to  a  union  with 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,  and  are  now  engaged  in  re- 
pelling a  lawless  invasion  of  their  territory  by  armed  forces : 
And  whereas,  It  is  the  right  and  duty  of  the  Confederate  States 
to  aid  the  people  and  government  of  the  said  State  in  resisting 
such  invasion,  and  in  securing  the  means  and  the  opportunity 
of  expressing  their  will  upon  all  questions  affecting  their  rights 
and  liberties  :  Now,  therefore, 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 
enact,  That  the  President  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Ame- 
rica be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  co-operate  through  the 
military  power  of  this  government  with  the  authorities  and  the 
people  of  the  State  of  Missouri  in  defending  that  State  against 
a  lawless  invasion  by  the  United  States,  and  in  maintaining 
the  liberty  and  independence  of  her  people;  and  that  he  be 
authorized  and  empowered,  at  his  discretion,  to  receive  and 
muster  into  the  service  of  the  Confederate  States,  in  the  State 
of  Missouri,  such  troops  of  that  State  as  may  volunteer  to 
serve  in  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States,  subject  to  the 
rules  and  regulations  of  said  army,  and  in  accordance  with  the 
laws  of  Congress ;  and  said  troops  may  be  received  into  service 
by  companies,  battalions  or  regiments,  with  their  officers  elected 
by  the  troops,  and  the  officers  so  elected  shall  be  commissioned 
by  the  President;  and  when  mustered  into  service  said  com- 
panies, battalions  or  regiments  may  be  attached  to  such  brigades 
or  divisions  as  the  President  may  determine;  and  the  President 
shall  have  power  to  appoint  field  officers  for  all  battalions  and 
regiments  organized  out  of  separate  companies  mustered  into 
service,  and  to  add  to  battalions  a  sufficient  number  of  separate 
companies  to  complete  their  organization  into  regiments,  and  to 
appoint  the  additional  field  officers  necessary  for  the  complete 
organization  of  the  regiments  so  formed ;  and  all  vacancies  that 
may  occur  among  the  commissioned  officers  of  troops  mustered 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  71 

into  service  under  this  act,  shall  be  filled  in  the  manner  pro- 
vided in  the  act,  entitled  "An  act  for  the  establishment  and 
organization  of  the  army  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America," 
approved  sixth  March,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

SfC  ^  ^  >)C  3}:  SfC 

Approved,  August  20,  1861. 


No.   227. — AN   ACT   to   autLorize   payment  to   be   made  for  certain 
Horses  purchased  for  the  Arm}',  by  Col.  A.  W.  McDonald. 

The    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do  Payment  to  be 
enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be  and  he  is  hereby  author-  piirchaspd  for 
ized  to  cause  payment  to  be  made  to  the  vendors,  upon  an  audit  regiment, 
of  the  accounts  of  certain  horses  heretofore  purchased,  by  order 
of  Colonel  Angus  W.  McDonald,  to  mount  the   men   he  was 
authorized  to  raise  by  order  of  the  President  of  the  Confederate 
States ;  and  upon  the  payment  of  the  said  accounts,  said  horses 
shall  become  the  property  of  the  government,  and  shall  be  sub- 
ject to  the  control   of  the   quartermaster's    department :   Pro- 
vided, hoicevcr,  That  the  quartermaster-general  shall  be  and  he 
is  hereby  empowered  to  permit  said  horses  to  remain  in  the 
possession  of  the  volunteers  who  now  have  them,  subject  to  the 
general  law  controlling  cavalry  troops,  upon  the  written  agree- 
ment of  said  volunteers  that  said  horses  will  be  paid  for  by 
them  out  of  the  allowances  now  made  for  cavalry  troops. 

Apijroved,  August  21,  1861. 


No.  228. — AN  ACT  making  appropriation  for  the  Services  of  Physi- 
cians to  be  employed  in  conjunction  with  the  Medical  Staflf  of  the 
Army. 

The    Co7}rfrcss    of  the    Confederate    States  of  America    do  Payment  of  pri- 
mi  1  1  •        1  f  •         1       ^■^'<'  physicians. 

enact,  That  there  be  appropriated,  out  or  any  money  m  the 
treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  year  ending  the 
eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  the 
sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  for  the  services  of  physicians  to  be 
emploj^ed  in  conjtinction  with  the  medical  staflF  of  the  army. 
Approved,  August  21,  1861. 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


No.  229. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  Local  Defence  and  Special  Service. 


Volunteers  may 
be  accepted  for 
local  defence. 


Volunteers  may 
l)e  mustered  for 
local  defence. 


Organiz.ition. 


Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  to  accept  the  services  of  volunteers  of  such  kind  and 
in  such  proportion  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  to  serve  for  such 
time  as  he  may  prescribe,  for  the  defence  of  exposed  places  or 
localities,  or  such  special  service  as  he  may  deem  expedient. 

Sec.  2.  And  such  forces  shall  be  mustered  into  the  service 
of  the  Confederate  States  for  the  local  defence  or  special  service 
aforesaid,  the  muster  roll  setting  forth  distinctly  the  services  to 
be  performed ;  and  the  said  volunteers  shall  not  be  considered 
in  actual  service  until  thereunto  specially  ordered  by  the  Presi- 
dent. And  they  shall  be  entitled  to  pay  or  subsistence  only 
for  such  time  as  they  may  be  on  duty  under  the  orders  of  the 
President  or  by  his  direction. 

Sec.  3.  Such  volunteer  forces,  when  so  accepted  and  ordered 
into  service,  shall  be  organized  in  accordance  with  and  subject 
to  all  the  provisions  of  the  act,  entitled  "An  act  to  provide  for 
the  public  defence,"  approved  March  6th,  1861,  and  may  be 
attached  to  such  divisions,  brigades,  regiments  or  battalions  as 
the  President  may  direct,  and  when  not  organized  into  bat- 
talions or  regiments  before  being  mustered  into  service,  the 
President  shall  appoint  the  field  officers  of  the  battalions  and 
regiments  when  organized  as  such  by  him. 

Approved,  August  21,  1861. 


No.  230. — AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  employment  of  Cooks  and  Nurses, 
other  than  enlisted  men  or  volunteers,  for  the  Military  Service. 


Cooks  and 
nurses  for  sick 
and  wounded. 


Pay. 


Section  1.  Tlie  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  better  to  provide  for  the  sick  and 
wounded,  the  Secretary  of  War  is  authorized  to  direct  the  em- 
ployment, when  deemed  necessary,  of  nurses  and  cooks,  other 
than  enlisted  men  or  volunteers,  the  persons  so  employed  being 
subject  to  military  control,  and  in  no  case  to  receive  pay  above 
that  allowed  to  enlisted  men  or  volunteers. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  73 

Seo.  2.    That  there  be  appropriated  for  the  pay  of  the  nurses  Appropriation 
and  cooks,  provided  for  in  the  above  section,  one  hundred  and 
thirty  thousand  dollars. 

Approved,  August  21,  1861. 


No.  233. — AN  ACT  making  Appropriation  for  Military  Hospitals. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  Support  of  mili- 
enaet,  That  the  sum  of  fifty  thousand  dollars  be  and  the  same 
is  hereby  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not 
otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  establishment  and  support  of 
military  hospitals  during  the  current  fiscal  year  ending  Feb- 
ruary eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

Approved,  August  21,  18G1. 


No.  234.— A  RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  the  Equipments  of  Volunteer 
Cavalry  Companies. 

Resolved    hy    the    Congress   of   the    Confederate    States   of  Antliority  to 
America,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be  and  he  is  hereby  wuhequfp-'* 
authorized,  in  his  discretion,  to  furnish  to  volunteer  cavalry 
companies,  whose  services  are  accepted   for  the  war  by  the 
Confederate  States,  all  necessary  equipments. 

Approved,  August  21,  1861.  « 


No.  23G. — AN  ACT  to  increase  the  Corps  of  Artillery,  and  for  other 
purposes. 

Section  1.     The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States   o/ One  lleutcuant- 
America  do  enact,  That  there  be  added  to  the  corps  of  artil-  majors  added  to 

urtillGrv* 

lery,  Confederate  States  army,  one  lieutenant-colonel  and  two 
majors,  with  the  pay  and  allowances  authorized  by  existing 
laws  for  those  grades  respectively. 

Sec.  2.    That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  Military  store- 

,  , .  .  ,  ,  1       •      1    1         T       keepers  of  ord- 

to  appoint,  in  addition  to  the  storekeepers  authorized  by  the  nance. 


74 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAAVS. 


Pay  of  captain 
of  infautry. 


Bonds. 


Superintend- 
ents of  armories. 


Master  ar- 
morers. 


Two  aids-de- 
camp for  the 
President. 


Adds  one  ser- 
geant to  esich 
comi)any. 


fifth  section  of  the  act  of  May  sixteen,  eighteen  hundred  and 
sixty-one,  "for  the  establishment  and  organization  of  the  army 
of  the  Confederate  States,"  as  many  military  storekeepers  of 
ordnance,  with  the  pay  and  allowances  of  a  captain  of  infantry, 
•as  the  safe-keeping  of  the  public  property  may  require,  not  to 
exceed  in  all  four  storekeepers,  who  shall,  previous  to  entering 
on  duty,  give  bonds  with  giod  and  sufficient  security,  in  such 
sums  as  the  Secretary  of  War  may  direct,  fully  to  account  for 
all  moneys  and  public  property  which  they  may  receive. 

Sec.  3.  That  the  President  be  and  he  is  hereby  authorized, 
whenever  in  his  judgment  the  interests  of  the  service  may 
require,  and  where  officers  of  the  army  cannot  be  assigned  to 
these  duties,  to  appoint  one  or  more  superintendents  of  armo- 
ries for  the  fabrication  of  small  arms,  whose  salary  shuH  not 
exceed  two  thousand  five  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  with 
allowance  for  quarters  and  fuel  at  the  rate  fixed  for  a  major  in 
the  army.  And  that  the  President  be  also  authorized  to  ap- 
point two  or  more  master  armorers,  with  a  salary  not  to  exceed 
fifteen  hundred  dollars  per  annum,  with  allowance  of  quarters 
and  fuel  at  the  rate  fixed  for  a  captain  in  the  army. 

Sec.  4,  That  during  the  existing  war,  the  President  may,  as 
Commander-in-Chief  of  the  Forces,  appoint,  at  his  discretion, 
for  his  personal  staff,  two  aids-de-camp,  with  the  rank,  pay  and 
allowances  of  a  colonel  of  cavalry. 

Sec.  5.  That  hereafter  there  shall  be  allowed  one  additional 
sergeant  to  each  company  in  the  service  of  the  Confederate 
States,  making  in  all  five  sergeants  per  company,  who  shall 
receive  the  same  pay  and  allowances  as  are  provided  by  exist- 
ing laws  for  that  grade. 

Approved,  August  21,  18 Gl. 


No.  210.  —AN  ACT  to  establish  a  uniform  rule  of  Naturalization  for 
Persons  Enlisted  in  tlic  Armies  of  the  Confederate  iStates  of 
America. 


Confers  rights  SECTION    1.     The    CongrosiS   of  the    Confederate    States   of 

sons'^servin°"']"'  America  do  enact,  That  every  person  not  a  citizen  of  one  of 

...army.  ^^^^  Confederate  States  engaged  in  the  military  service  of  the 

said  Confederate   States  during  the  existing  war  against  the 


CONFEDERATE    STATES,  75 

United  States  of  America,  shall  thereby,  and  whilst  in  sucTi 
service,  be  under  the  protection  of  the  Confederate  States  as 
fully  as  if  he  were  a  citizen  thereof,  the  rights  of  a  citizen 
being  to  such  extent  hereby  conferred,  and,  moreover,  shall 
have  the  right  to  become  naturalized  and  to  become  a  citizen 
of  any  one  of  the  Confederate  States,  and  idiall  thereby  be 
entitled  to  all  the  rights  and  privileges  of  a  citizen  of  said 
State  of  the  Confederate  States  upon  taking  an  oath  to  support 
the  Constitution  of  such  State,  and  well  and  faithfully  to  serve 
the  Confederate  States  of  America,  to  maintain  and  support 
the  Constitution  and  laws  thereof,  and  to  renounce  all  allegi- 
ance and  obedience  to  any  foreign  government,  state,  sove- 
reignty, prince  or  potentate,  and  particularly  by  name  the 
government,  state,  sovereignty,  prince  or  potentate  of  which 
he  may  be,  or  have  been,  a  citizen  or  subject,  and  stating 
which  one  of  the  Confederate  States  he  intends  to  become  a 
citizen  of;  but  if  the  State  in  which  the  said  applicant  shall 
have  resided  next  before  his  application  shall  afterwards  be- 
come a  member  of  this  Confederacy,  the  cilizenship  of  said 
applicant  shall  remain  in  §aid  State  at  his  election,  notwith- 
standing proceedings  under  this  act. 

Sec.  2.  The  oath  prescribed  in  the  preceding  section  may  Oath, 
be  made  by  all  persons  below  the  rank  of  colonel,  before  the 
colonel  or  commanding  officer  of  the  regiment  to  which  such 
persons  may  be  attached ;  and  said  oath  may  be  made  by 
colonels,  and  all  officers  superior  in  rank  to  colonels,  and  by 
all  persons  enlisted  in  the  military  service  of  the  Confederate 
States  not  attached  to  regiments,  before  any  commissioned 
officer  of  the  Confederate  States  of  rank  higher  than  that  of 
colonel.  And  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  Secretary  of 
provide  blank  lorms  or  the  oath  required  to  be  taken  as  alore-  of  provisions  of 
said,  and  to  cause  the  same  to  be  distributed  whenever  neces- 
sary, and  to  make  the  regulations  necessary  for  informing  all 
persons  now  engaged  in  the  military  service  of  the  Confederate 
States  of  the  provisions  of  this  act,  and  to  cause  all  the  oaths 
so  taken  as  aforesaid  to  be  returned  to  the  War  Department. 
And  it  shall  be  further  the  duty  of  the  Secretary  of  War  to  file 
for  record,  in  the  District  Court  of  the  Confederate  States  for 
the  State  and  district  where  the  capital  may  be  situated,  all  the 
oaths  so  returned  to  the  War  Department  as  aforesuid.     And  it 


76  ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 

ciork  of  court     shall  be  the  duty  of  the  clerk  of  said  district  court  to  record  all 

to  file  oaths  of  i         f>  t        • 

naturalization,  oaths  of  naturalization  filed  with  him  as  aforesaid,  and  to  keep 
an  index  of  the  same;  for  which  service  he  shall  be  entitled  to 

Fee.  a  fee  of  twenty-five  cents  for  each  naturalization  oath,  to  be  paid 

out  of  the  public  treasury  in  the  same  manner  as  his  other  fees 
of  oflBce. 

Approved,  August  22,  1861. 


No.  247. — AN  ACT  making  additional  appropriations  for  the  Navy  of 
the  Confederate  States,  for  the  year  ending  February  eighteenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do 
enact,  That  there  be  appropriated,  out  of  any  money  in  the 
treasury,  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  year  ending  Feb- 
ruary eighteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  the  following 
sutns  for  the  Navy  : 

For  the  purchase  and  building  of  steamers  and  gun-boats  for 
coast  defences  of  the  Confederate  States,  the  sum  of  fifty  thou- 
sand dollars. 

For  repairing  and  fitting  the  steamer  Merrimac  as  an  iron- 
clad ship,  the  sum  of  one  hundred  and  seventy-two  thousand 
five  hundred  and  twenty- three  dollars. 

For  raising  tlie  ships-of-the-line  Columbus,  Delaware,  Penn- 
sylvania and  brig  Dolphin,  the  sum  of  twenty-five  thousand 
dollars. 

For  pay,  subsistence,  and  other  wants  of  five  hundred  addi- 
tional seamen,  ordinary  seamen,  landsmen  and  boys,  and  firemen 
and  coal  heavers,  the  sum  of  ninety  thousand  dollars. 

For  medical  supplies  and  surgeon's  necessaries,  the  sura  of 
four  thousand  dollars. 

To  pay  employees  at  the  Navy  Yard,  Norfolk,  Virginia,  from 
the  first  day  of  July,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  to  the 
eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  the 
sum  of  six  thousand  seven  hundred  dollars. 

For  floating  defences  for  New  Orleans,  Louisiana,  eight  hun- 
dred thousand  dollars. 

To  construct  sub-marine  batteries  for  the  destruction  of  ves- 
sels, fifty  thousand  dollars. 


CONFEDERATE    STATES.  77 

To  construct  a  centrifugal  gun,  invented  by  Charles  S.  Dick- 
inson, subject  to  the  conditions  of  the  act  passed  for  that 
purpose,  five  thousand  dollars. 

For  expenditures  in  the  Ordnance  Department  of  the  Navy 
Yard  at  Norfolk,  for  the  year  ending  February  eighteenth, 
eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two,  one  hundred  and  fifteen  thou- 
sand and  fifty-one  dollars. 

For  the  construction,  equipment  and  armament  of  two  iron- 
clad gun-boats,  for  the  defence  of  the  Mississippi  river  and  the 
city  of  Memphis,  one  hundred  and  sixty  thousand  dollars. 

AprROVED,  August  24,  18G1. 


No.  219. — AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  to  create  the 
clerical  force  of  the  several  Departments  of  the  Confederate  States 
of  America  and  for  other  purposes,"  approved  March  sleuth, 
eighteca  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

Tlie    Congress   of  the    Confederate    States  of  America  do  increases 
enact,  That  the  clerical  force  of  the  "War  Department  shall  be 
increased  to  the  extent  and  in  the  manner  following,  to  wit : 

For  the  Office  of  the  Secretary  of  War. — One  clerk.  War  office, 
at  the  rate  of  two  thousand  dollars  per  annum  ;  for  the  pay- 
ment of  whom,  from  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  ^February,  eighteen  hundred 
and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of  one 
thousand  dollars. 

For  the  Office  of  the  Adjutant-General.— One  clerk  Adjutiint-Kemv 
at  the  rate  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  one  clerk  at 
the  rate  of  one  thousand  dollars  per  annum  ;  one  clerk  at  the 
rate  of  eight  hundred  dollars  per  annum ;  for  whose  payment, 
from  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one,  to 
the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-two, 
there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of  fifteen  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  Office  of  the  Quartermaster-General,  three  Q,nartprma<=ter- 
additional  clerks  at  twelve  hundred  dollars  each  per  annum ) 
three  additional  clerks  at  one  thousand  dollars  each  per  annum; 
for  whose  payment,  from  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of 
three  thousand  and  three  hundred  dollars. 


78 


CONFEDERATE   STATES. 


Comniissary- 
general's  office. 


Engineer's 
office. 


For  the  Office  of  the  Commissary-General,  for  two 
clerks  at  the  rate  of  twelve  hundred  dollars  each  per  annum ; 
for  whose  payment,  from  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hun- 
dred and  sixty-one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen 
hundred  and  sixty-two,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of 
twelve  hundred  dollars. 

For  the  Bureau  of  Engineers. — One  clerk  at  twelve 
hundred  dollars;  one  clerk  at  one  thousand  dollars;  one 
draughtsman  at  twelve  hundred  dollars;  for  whose  payment, 
from  the  eighteenth  of  August,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
one,  to  the  eighteenth  of  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
two,  there  is  hereby  appropriated  the  sum  of  seventeen  hundred 
dollars. 

Apfroved,  August  29,  18G1. 


No.  252. — AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  construction  of  certain  Gun-boats. 


Three  .iddi- 
tional  gun-boats 
authorized. 


Appropriation 
for  gun-boats. 


Section  1.  The  Congrats  of  the  Covf.derafe  --iStatcs  of 
America  do  enact,  That  in  addition  to  the  gun-boats  heretofore 
authorized  by  law,  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  author- 
ized, in  his  discretion,  to  cause  to  be  constructed  three  others, 
specially  adnpted  to  sea-coast  defence. 

Skc.  2.  Thnt  the  sum  of  four  hundred  and  twenty  thousand 
dollars  be,  and  the  same  is  hereby  appropriated  to  the  object 
specified  in  the  foregoing  section. 

Approved,  August  29,  18G1. 


Pecretary  of 
Navy  may  con- 
tract for  gun- 
boats witliout 
advertising. 


No.  254. — AN   ACT   to  autliorize  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  to  make 
certain  contracts  without  advertising  lor  proposals. 

The  Cuiu/rcss  of  the  Covfedcrate  States  of  America  do 
enact,  That  the  Secretary  of  the  Navy  be,  and  he  is  hereby  au- 
thorized, in  case  he  should  deem  it  advisable,  to  contract  for 
building  any  gun-boats  for  which  appropriations  have  been,  or 
may  be  made  during  the  present  or  any  previous  session  of 
Congress,  or  for  altering  other  vessels  so  as  to  convert  them 
into  gun-boats,  without  advertising  for  proposals  for  such  work, 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  T9 

as  required  by  law :    Provhhcl,    That  the   contracts  so  made  Proviso, 
sliidl  be  in  writing,  and  shall  be  placed  on  file  in  the  Nuv}'  De- 
partment, and  a  copy  thereof  deposited,  without  delay,  in  the 
office  of  the  controller  of  the  treasury. 
Approved,  August  29,  1861. 


No.  255. — AN  ACT  mnlsinj:  nppropriation  for  the  purchase  of  a  steamer 
and  ccrtaia  military  supplies. 

The  CongrcRS  of  the  Confederate  Slates  of  America  do  enact,  Appropri.ntion 
f  -ii-  /»    1    II  1  11  •      f'T  iMirclK-vxe  of 

That  the   sum  of  one   million  or  do'lars  be,  and  the  same  is  steiimer.  and  of 

.  .        ,  ,  leather,  shoes*, 

hereby  appiopiiatcd  out  of  any  money  in  the  treasury  not  other-  &c. 
wi.se  appropriated,  for  the  purchase  of  a  steamer,  and  such  sup- 
plies of  leather,  shoes,  flannel  and  woollen  clothing  and  blankets 
for  the  use  of  the  troops  in  the  service  of  t'le  Confederate 
States — the  said  appropriation  to  be  expended  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  Pret^ident. 

Approved,  August  30,  1861.  > 


No.  256. — AN  ATT  to  amend  the  second  section  of  •' .An  act  concerning 
the  transportation  of  soldiers  and  allowance  for  clothing  of  volun- 
teers, and  nmendator}'  of  the  'Act  for  tiie  establishment  and  organi- 
zation of  the  Army  of  the  Confederate  States.'" 

Section    1.      The    Congress    of  the    Confederate    States  of  Secretary  of 
...  mi  1       o.  /.   ITT        1  1    1       •      ^^  ■'"'  **•  provide 

America  do  enact,    Ihat  the  feecretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  dothing  for 

forces. 

hereby  authorized  and  required  to  provide,  as  far  as  possible, 
clothing  for  the  entire  forces  of  the  Confederate  Slates,  and  to 
furnish  the  same  to  every  regiment  or  company  upon  the  requi- 
sition of  the  commander  thereof,  the  quantity,  qualify  and  kind 
thereof  to  be  establi-shed  by  regulation  of  the  Department,  to  be 
approved  by  the  President;  and  in  case  any  State  shall  furnish  Pt.atestobe  re- 
to  its  troops  and  volunteers  in  the  Confederate  service  such  clothing  fur- 
clothing,  then  the  Secretary  of  War  is  required  to  pay  over  to 
the  Governor  of  such  State  the  money  value  of  the  clothing  so 
furnished. 

Sec.  2.    The  commander  of  every  volunteer  company  shall  Commanders  of 

...  -  .    .  •        i»        1     1  •  I       volunteer  com- 

have  the  privilege  of  receiving  commutation  for  clothing  at  the  i>anie8  furnish- 


80  ARMY    AND    NAVY    LAWS. 

ing  clothing  to    rate  of  twenty-five  dollars  per  man  for  every  six  months,  when 

draw  clothing  i     n  i  n        •  i      i     i     •  i     i  • 

niouey.  they  shall  have  luruiihcd  their  own  clothing. 

Approved,  August  30,  1861. 


No.  257. — AN  ACT  to  autborize  the  establishment  of  Recruiting  Sta- 
tions for  Volunteers  from  the  States  of  Kentucky,  Missouri,  Mary- 
land  and  Delaware. 

Stations  for  re-        SECTION   1.     The    Covgress   of  the    Confederate    States   of 
cmain^StatS.     -America  do  enact,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby 
authorized  to  establish  recruiting  stations  within  the  Confede- 
rate States  for  the  reception  of  volunteers  into  the  military  ser- 
vice of  the  Confederate  States  from  among  persons  who  are,  or 
have  been  residents  of  the  States  of  Kentucky,  Missouri,  Mary- 
land and  Delaware. 
Captains  of  com-       Sec.  2.  That  the  President  be  authorized  to  grant  commis- 
volunteers.         sions  as  captains  to  such  persons  as  he  ma}''  think  lit  to  raise 
and  command  companies  to  be  composed  of  such  volunteers; 
upon  the  condition,  however,  that  such  officers  shall  not  hold 
rank  or  receive  pay  until  such  companies  have  been  raised  and 
are  mustered  into  service. 
Officers  of  Riioh        Sec.  3.  Whenever  such  recruits  shall  amount  to  a  sufficient 
appointecTby   "^  number  to  be  formed  into  companies,  the  President  may  direct 
rtsi  en .  ^^^   same    to   be  so   organized,    appointing   all   commissioned 

officers  of  the  several  companies  in  addition  to  the  captains  pro- 
vided for  in  the  preceding  section.     And  such  companies  may 
be  organized  into  regiments  in  like  manner  under  the  direction 
of  the  President. 
No  pay  until  Sec.  4.  Until  sucli  rccruits  shall  amount  to  a  sufficient  num- 

orgamzec.  -^^^^    ^^    ^^    Organized    into    companies,    they  shall   receive   no 

compensation  except  their  clothing  and  rations. 
Approved,  August  30,  18G1. 


No.  260. — AN   ACT  authorizing  the  President  to   inflict  Retaliation 
upon  the  Persons  of  Prisoners. 

Whereas,  The  Government  of  the  United  States  has  placed 
in  irons  and  lodged  in  dungeons,  citizens  of  the  Confederate 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  81 

States  acting  under  the  authority  of  Letters  of  Marque,  issued 
in  accordance  with  the  laws  of  the  Confederate  States,  by  the 
President  thereof,  and  have  otherwise  maltreated  the  same,  and 
have  seized  and  confined  sundry  other  citizens  of  the  said  Con- 
federate States,  in  violation  of  all  principles  of  humane  and 
civilized  warfare  :  Therefore — 

Be  it  enacted  hv  the   Congress  of  the   Confederate  States  of  President  au- 

.  ,       T-i       •  1  1    1       •     I         1  thorized  to  in- 

America,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  flict  retaliation. 
to  select  such  prisoners  taken  from  the  United  States,  and  in 
such  numbers  as  he  may  deem  expedient,  upon  the  persons  of 
whom  he  may  inflict  such  retaliation,  in  such  measure  and  kind 
as  may  seem  to  him  just  and  proper. 

Approved,  August  30,  18G1, 


No.  261. — AN  ACT  to  provide  for  the   Defence  of  the  Mississippi 

River. 

The    Congress  of  the    Confederate    States  of  America   do  Defence  of  Mis- 
enact,  That  the  President  be,  and  he  is  hereby  authorized  to  ^'®®'PP'' 
cause  such  floating  defences  as  he  may  deem  best  adapted  to  the 
protection  of  the  Mississippi  river  against  a  descent  of  iron- 
plated  steam  gun-boats,  to  be  constructed  or  prepared  with  the 
least  possible  delay. 

Approved,  August  30,  1861. 


No.  264. — AN  ACT  to  provide  a  mode  of  authenticating  claims  for 
money  against  the  Confederate  States,  not  otherwise  provided  for. 

Section  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  o/ Claims  to  be 
America  do  enact,  That  all  parties  having  claims  for  money  attomey-gene- 
against  the  Government  of  the  Confederate  States,  for  the  proof 
and  payment  of  which  there  is  no  mode  provided  by  existing 
laws,  before  receiving  payment  of  the  same,  shall  file  them  in 
the  office  of  the  Attorney  General,  and  shall  produce  before 
said  officer,  at  such  time  and  in  such  manner  as  he  shall  ap- 
point, their  testimony  proving  or  tending  to  prove  such  claims. 
And,  at  the  next  succeeding  session  of  Congress  after  the  hcar- 
6 


82 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


Attorney-gene- 
ral to  report 
claims  to  Con- 
gress. 


Clainns  against 
U.S.  to  be  filed 
with  attorney- 
general. 


ing  of  proof,  or  at  any  session  of  Congress  during  whicli  a 
hearing  of  proof  upon  any  claim  is  bad  by  the  Attorney  Gene- 
ral, be  shall  report  to  the  Congress  such  claims  as  he  has 
allowed  and  recommend  their  payment,  and  be  shall  also  report 
such  claims,  as  he  has  refused  to  allow. 

Sec.  2.  Be  it  further  enacted,  That  all  citizens  of  the  Con- 
federate States  holding  demands  against  the  government  of  the 
United  States,  may  file  the  same  in  the  office  of  the  Attorney 
General;  and  the  Attorney  General  shall  hear  proof  of  such 
claims,  and  cause  such  proof  to  be  taken  down  in  writing  and 
filed  in  his  office;  or  he  may,  in  bis  discretion,  permit  written 
testimony,  taken  by  deposition,  or  in  answer  to  interrogatories 
filed,  to  be  placed  on  file  in  his  office,  as  evidence  of  such 
claims.  33ut  he  shall  not  pass  upon  the  sufficiency  of  such  evi- 
dence, nor  make  a  report  to  Congress  upon  such  claims,  until 
the  close  of  the  existing  war. 

Approved,  August  30,  1861. 


^ulk  may  be 
broken  on 
prizes  under 
circumstances. 


Proviso. 


No.  272. — AN  ACT  to  amend  an  act  entitled  "An  act  recognizing  the 
existence  of  War  between  the  United  States  and  the  Confederate 
States,  and  concerning  Letters  of  Marque,  Prizes  and  Prize  Goods," 
approved  May  sistli,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one;  and  an  act 
entitled  "An  act  regulating  the  Sale  of  Prizes  and  tlie  Distribution 
thereof,"  approved  May  sixteenth,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty-one. 

Section  1.  21ie  Corgress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
America  do  enact,  That  the  seventh  section  of  the  first  above 
recited  act  be  so  amended  as  to  permit  and  authorize  the  break- 
ing of  bulk  and  tbc  removal  by  the  captors  of  the  whole  or  any 
part  of  the  goods  found  on  board  a  captured  vessel  whenever 
such  removal  may  be  necessary  for  the  safe  carriage  of  such 
vessel  into  port,  and  also  in  all  cases  where,  by  grounding  or 
otherwise,  the  securing  of  the  cargo,  or  any  part  thereof,  may 
require  the  removal :  Provided,  That  the  person  in  command  of 
the  vessel  making  such  capture  shall,  as  soon  as  practicable, 
after  landing  the  cargo  or  any  part  thereof,  cause  an  exact 
inventory  of  the  same  to  be  made  by  the  nearest  magistrate, 
wherein  shall  be  specified  each  and  every  article  so  landed,  and 
the  marks,  if  any  thereon,  and  forward  the  same  immediately  to 
the  Collector  of  the  nearest  port;  the  property  so  landed  shall 


CONFEDERATE   STATES.  83 

remain  in  the  custody  of  such  magistrate,  and  he  shall  retain 
possession  thereof  until  the  same  can  be  delivered  to  the  mar- 
shal ;  and  the  court  before  which  such  cargo  shall  be  brought, 
in  case  the  same  be  condemned,  may  allow  such  compensation 
to  the  magistrate  as  to  the  court  may  seem  just  and  proper : 
And  provided  further,  That  when  such  removal  shall  be  made  Troviso. 
for  the  purpose  of  lightening  over  bars  and  shoals,  and  the 
goods  removed  shall,  as  soon  thereafter  as  practicable,  be  re- 
turned on  board  the  prize  vessel,  the  same  may  be  carried  to 
port  as  if  no  removal  had  becri  made;  and  no  delivery,  as 
provided  in  the  preceding  clause,  to  a  magistrate  shall  be 
required. 

Sec.  2.  That  the  first  section  of  the  last  above  recited  act  be  Extends  place 

.  of  sale. 

so  amended  as  to  allow  the  judge  of  a  prize  court,  wherein  any 
condemnation  may  be  had,  to  order  and  decree  that  the  said 
vessel  and  the  cargo,  or  any  part  thereof,  may,  in  his  discretion, 
and  to  enhance  the  value  thereof,  be  sold  by  the  marshal  of  the 
adjoining  District,  and  at  such  place  therein  as  he  may  desig- 
nate :  Provided  always,  That  the  duties  upon  all  dutiable  Proviso. 
goods  shall  be  paid  from  the  proceeds  of  sale. 
Approved,  August  30,  1861. 


No.  275. — AN  ACT  to  antliorize  the  appointment  from  Civil  Life  of  * 

Persons  to  the  Staffs  of  Generals. 

The    Congress   of  the    Confederate  States  of  America   do  President  niny 
mi_        1?       ■!-»       •  1  •     1  •      1-  •  1  appoint  staff  to 

enact,  Inat  the  ^resident  ma}'^,  in  his  discretion,  upon  the  ap-  general  officers, 
plication  and  recommendation  of  a  General  of  the  Confederate 
States  Army,  appoint  from  civil  life,  persons  to  the  staff 
authorized  by  law  of  such  officer,  who  shall  have  the  same  rank 
and  pay  as  if  appointed  from  the  Army  of  the  Confederate 
States. 
Approved,  August  31,  18G1. 


84 


ARMY   AND   NAVY   LAWS. 


No.  276. — AN  ACT  proTiding  for  the  appointment  of  Adjutants  of  Re- 
giments .and  Legions,  of  the  grade  of  Subaltern,  in  addition  to  the 
Subalterns  attached  to  Companies. 

Authorizes  adju-       The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 

subaltern^ taken  That  adjutants  of  regiments  and  legions  may  be  appointed  by 

gi   en  .  ^j^^  President,  upon  the  recommendation  of  the  colonel  thereof, 

of  the  grade  of  subaltern,  in  addition  to  the  subaltern  officers 

attached  to  companies,  and  said  adjutants,  when  so  appointed, 

shall  have  the  same  rank,  pay  and  allowances  as  are  provided 

by  law  to  adjutants  of  regiments. 

Approved,  August  31,  1861. 


Clothing  and 
necessaries  to 
be  forwarded. 


No.   277. — AN  ACT  providing  for  the  reception  and  forwarding  of 
Articles  sent  to  the  Army  by  Private  Contribution. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  the  Secretary  of  War  be  authorized  and  required  to  make 
all  necessary  arrangements  for  the  reception  and  forwarding  of 
clothes,  shoes,  blankets,  and  other  articles  of  necessity  that  may 
be  sent  to  the  army  by  private  contribution. 

Approved,  August  31,  1861. 


One  ration  to 
chaplains. 


No.  278. — AN  ACT  to  allow  Rations  to  Chaplains  in  the  Army. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact, 
That  Chaplains  in  the  Army  be,  and  they  are  hereby  allowed 
the  same  rations  as  privates. 

Approved,  August  31,  1861. 


No.  283. 


-A  RESOLUTION  in  relation  to  Drillmasters  appointed  by 
States. 


Whereas,  Under  the  authority  of  some  of  tbe  States,  Drill- 
masters  were  attached  to  various  regiments ;  and  whereas,  such 
officers   are   not   recognized  by  the   laws  of  the  Confederate 


CONFEDERATE  STATES.  85 

States,  and  consequently  were  not  mustered  into  service;  and  Driiimasters. 
■whereas,  several  of  such  Drillmasters  have  nevertheless  con- 
tinued to  do  effective  service,  voluntarily,  with  their  respective 
regiments  ;  Therefore — 

Resolved,  That  such  Drillmasters  be  granted  an  honorable  Maybedis- 
discharge  whenever  they  shall  apply  therefor.  ^^^^ 

Approved,  August  31,  1861. 


No.  287.— RESOLUTIONS  to  provide  Troops  in  the  field  with  Bread 
and  fresh  Provisions. 

Resolved  hy  the  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  Bread  and 
America,  That  the  Secretary  of  War  be,  and  he  is  hereby 
directed  to  furnish  to  such  of  our  troops  in  the  field  as  desire  it, 
upon  requisition  made,  and  whenever  practicable,  in  lieu  of  the 
usual  ration  of  flour  an  equivalent  of  well-baked  bread;  to  this 
end  he  is  authorized  to  establish  bakeries  in  such  numbers  and 
at  such  points  as  may  be  necessary,  or  to  make  contracts  for 
the  supply  of  such  bread. 

Resolved,  That  a  daily  ration  of  fresh   vegetables  be  fur-  Vegetables. 
nished  to  all  troops  whenever   the  same  can  be   provided  at 
reasonable  cost  and  charges  to  the  Government. 

Approved,  August  31,  1861. 


No.  290.— AN  ACT  to  authorize  the  President  to  continue  the  .appoint- 
ments made  hy  him,  in  the  Military  and  Naval  service,  durino;  the 
recesses  of  Congress,  or  the  last  or  present  session,  and  to  sulbmit 
them  to  Congress  at  its  next  session. 

The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of  America  do  enact,  Arrointments 
That  the  President  be  authorized  to  continue  the  appointments  CmlfJs^Ld 
made  by  him,  in  the  Military  and  Naval  service,  during  the  ''*'°^^^- 
recesses  of  Congress,  or  during  the  last  or  present  session,  and 
to  submit  them  to  Congress  at  the  commencement  of  its  next 
session. 

Approved,  September  3,  1861. 


86  ARMY   AND   NAVY    LAWS. 


No.  232 — AN  ACT  making  appropriations  for  the  Public  Defence. 

Fifty-seven  mil-  SECTION  1.  The  Congress  of  the  Confederate  States  of 
defence."^  ^^"  '"  America  do  enact,  That  there  be  appropriated  out  of  any 
money  in  the  treasury  not  otherwise  appropriated,  for  the  year 
ending  the  eighteenth  February,  eighteen  hundred  and  sixty- 
two,  the  sum  of  fifty-seven  millions  dollars  for  the  pay  of 
officers  and  privates  of  the  army,  volunteers  and  ruilitia  in  the 
public  service  of  the  Confederate  States ;  for  Quartermaster's 
supplies  of  all  kinds,  transportation  and  other  necessary  ex- 
penses ;  for  the  purchase  of  subsistence,  stores  and  commissary 
property  for  the  ordnance  service  in  all  its  branches ;  for  engi- 
neering, and  for  the  surgical  and  medical  service  of  the  army, 
in  all  supplies  and  necessary  expenditures. 
Applicable  as  Sec.  2.    That  the  above  appropriation  shall  be  distributed 

Secretary  of  .     .  ,  .-    ,    . 

War  may  direct,  amongst  the  several  objects  or  appropriation  above  specmed,  in 
such  proportions  as  shall  be  determined  by  the  Secretary  of 
War,  with  the  approval  of  the  President. 
Approved,  August  21,  1861. 


I  N  D  E  X'.' 


ACCOUNTS  OF  CLAIMS, 

ADJUTANT  AND  INSPECTOR-GENERAL, 

Brigadier  may  be  assip;ned  to  duty  of, 

Assistant  Adjutants-General, 

*'  "  "         for  volunteer 

Contingencies  for  office  of, 

Clerical  force  of,       . 

Organization  of  department, 
ADJUTANTS,         .... 

Appointment  of  a  part  from  subalterns  of 

Forage  for. 

Of  Regiments, 

Pay  of,  . 

Of  Marine  Corps,    .  .  .         . 

Subalterns  may  be  assigned  to  duty  of, 

ADVANCES  UPON  CONTRACTS, 

AGENTS— 

To  purchase  arms  and  munitions  of  war, 

AID-DECAMP— 

To  General,  .... 

To  Brigadier-Generals, 

Forage  for,  .... 

To  perform  duties  of  Assistant  Adjutants-General 

Pay  of,  ....  . 

To  President,  .... 

APPROPRIATIONS,  .... 

Support  of  Army,    .... 

Any  portion  to  be  applied  to  Provisional  Forces, 

Arms,  purchase  of.  ... 

Adjutant  and  Inspector-General's  Department, 

Bureau  of  Indian  Affairs,   . 

Contingencies,  .... 

Gun-boats,  .... 

Indian  affairs,  .... 

Engineer  Department, 

Marine  Corps,  .... 

Medical  Department, 

Military  Hospitals, 

Military  service,      .... 

Navy,  ..... 

Navy  Yard  at  Norfolk, 


ts. 


81,  82 

6 
24 

G 

66 

23 

77 

6,  24 

13 
84 
57 
•  84 
15 
31 
57 
66,  67 


48 
14 
57 
14 
14 
74 
20,  21 
1,  35,  53,  64 
23 


35 

23,  55 
34,  78 
58 
86 
59 
23,  55,  71 
73 

53,  54,  55,  79 

33,  61,  62,  76,  77 

66 


88 


INDEX. 


APPROPRIATIONS— Cow/mj/^-ff. 

Officers  resigned  from  United  States  Navy, 

Ordnance  Department, 

Private  Physicians, 

Provisional  Forces, 

Providing  for  Public  Defence, 

Quartermaster  General's  Department, 

Subsistence  Department, 

Purchase  of  Steamer  and  Clothing, 

Three  thousand  Meu  at  Charleston, 
ALLOWANCE—  '* 

Of  Fuel,  Quarters,  Clothing  and  Horses,    . 
APPOINTMENT— 

Of  Brigadier-General, 

Of  Adjutants,  .... 

Of  Officers  of  Provisional  Army,    . 

Of  Field  Officers,     .... 

Of  meritorious  Non-Commissioned  Officers, 

May  be  continued  during  recess  of  Congress, 

Of  Staff  Officers,     .... 

Of  Generals  by  selection,    .  .  . 

ARTIFICERS  OF  ORDNANCE,  . 

ARMED  VESSELS— 

See  Privateer. 
ARSENALS 

Little  Rock, 
ARTICLES  OF  WAR— 

United  States  to  be  of  force, 
ARMY 

Civilians  may  be  appointed  as  Staff  Officers 

Officers  of,  appointed  by  the  President, 

Organization, 

Supplies  contributed  for,  may  be  forwarded, 

ARTILLERY— 

Organization, 

ARMS— 

Manufacture  of,       . 

Winan's  Gun, 
ARMORERS 

ARMORIES— 

Superintendents  of,  . 

ASSISTANT  SURGEONS— 
Pay  of,         . 

BAKERIES,  .... 

BATTALIONS        .... 

BLOCKADE— 

Must  be  effectual,    . 
BOUNTY- 

To  Enlistments,        . 

To  PrivateerB, 
BONDS— 

Officers  disbursing,  to  give, 

Of  Privateers, 

Confederate,  as  payment  for  enemy's  vessels  destroyed  by  Priva 
teers,        ....... 


59,  60 

23,  35,  54,  55 

71 

20,  21,  23,  24 

23,  24,  86 

21,  22 

21,  54 

79 

20,  21 

16 

14 
84 
8 
66,  67 
14 
85 
83 
48 

17 


3,  32 
60 

18 
4 

66,  83 

14 

8,  9,  10,  12 

84 

13,  73 

4 

67 

17,  74 

74 

15 

85 

8,  10 

69 

49 
45,  58,  61 

18,  74 
43 

58 


INDEX. 

89 

BREVET  COMMISSIONS, 

18 

BRIGADES— 

Officers  commanding,  President  to  appoint. 

9 

Generals  of,               ...... 

9 

BRIGADIER  GENERAL— 

May  be  assigned  as  Adjutant-General, 

24 

Four  authorized,      ...... 

14 

One  add^d,   ....... 

24 

CADETS— 

Appointment  of,       . 

49 

Tay  of,          ......             . 

49 

Of  North  Carolina  First  Regiment  to  be  mustered  in. 

64 

CEDED  PROPERTY, 

32 

CHIEF  CLERKS, 

19 

CAVALRY— 

Organization,           ...... 

13,  48 

One  Regiment  added,          ..... 

48 

Pay,              ....... 

15 

President  may  accept,         ..... 

37 

CHAPLAINS 

36 

Pay  of,         ......             . 

36,  51 

Rations  for,               ...... 

84 

CHARLESTON— 

Troops  at,    . 

20,  21 

CLAIMS,    ........ 

81,  82 

CLERKS— 

Navy,            ....... 

20,  34 

Engineer  Office,        ...... 

77 

War, 

4,  19,  20,  77 

In  charge  of  Sick,  ...... 

65 

Indian  bureau,         ...... 

4,  36 

Adjutant-General's  Office,                .... 

77 

Commissary-General's  Office,           .... 

77 

Disbursing,               ...... 

50 

Quarterniaster-General's  Office,       .... 

77 

CLERICAL  FORCE,          ...... 

19,  77 

CLOTHING, 

17 

Commutation  allowance,      ..... 

9,  79 

States  to  be  re-imbursed,     ..... 

79 

War  Department  to  provide,            .... 

79 

May  be  forwai-ded,               ..... 

84 

COMMISSARY-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT,     . 

6 

Assistants  subject  to  duty  in  Quartermaster's  Department, 

7 

"        may  be  detailed  from  the  line     . 

6,24 

Clerks,         ....... 

7 

Organization,            ...... 

.      G,  10,  24 

Officers  to  give  Bonds,         ..... 

18 

COMPANY, 

8,  65 

Of  Volunteers,  additional  Subaltern  for,     . 

65 

Organization,            ...... 

10,  74 

One  Sergeant  added,            ..... 

74 

Supernumerary  Officer  to,   .             .             .             .             ,       t 

•     .                 10 

COOKS  AND  NURSES, 

72 

CONTRACTS,        ....... 

66,  67 

DEFENCE  OF  MISSISSIPPI 

81 

90 


INDEX. 


DIVISIONS, 

Generals  of,  President  to  appoint, 

DISBURSING  AGENTS. 

DISBURSING  CLERK,      . 

DISCHARGED  VOLUNTEERS,   . 

DOCK  YARDS,      . 

DRILL  MASTERS, 

DUTIES— 

Of  Secretary  of  War, 

Of  Secretary  of  Navy, 

Of  Chief  of  Light-House  Bureau, 

ENGINEERS, 

Clerks, 

Duties  of  Colonel, 

Organization, 

Pay, 

Officers  liable  to  Light-House  duty, 

ENLISTMENT— 
Term  of,       . 
Bounty  for, 
Oath  of,        ,  ... 

ENLISTED  MEN— 

Not  to  be  Employed  as  Servants, 
Rights  of  a  Citizen, 
Pay  of, 

EQUIPMENTS,      . 

For  Volunteers, 

FARRIERS, 

FIELD  OFFICERS, 

President  to  appoint, 

Two  allowed  to  Battalion  of  Volunteers, 

FLOATING  DEFENCES  OF  MISSISSIPPI, 

FORTS,      .  •  .  . 

FORAGE, 

For  Aids  and  Adjutants, 

FUEL,         .... 

Commuted  at  market  price, 

GENERAL  STAFF— 
Organization, 

OtKcers  not  to  assume  command  unless  directed, 
Certain  Officer  of,  eligible  to  command, 
Officers  appointed  by  the  President, 
Pay  of,         . 

GENERAL  OFFICERS— 

Commanding  separate  Army,  pay  of. 
Certain,  authorized  to  be  Generals, 

'«        •       «'  "  pay  of, 

GUN-BOATS— 

President  may  have  Constructed  or  Purchased, 

Purchase  of  ten  Steam, 

Three  Additional,    .... 


9 
9 

20 

19,  50 

56 

32 

85 


11, 

12 

12 
78 

13, 

52 

12, 

48 
15 
12 

14 

49, 

50 
75 

16 

'.          74, 

75 

17 

9 

!     9, 

73 
13 

06 

!    G6, 

67 
66 

81 

3, 

32 

16 

57 

16 
16 

,  7,  10,  48,  49, 

65 

7 

7 

, 

7 

( 

J,  7 

16 

, 

48 

• 

48 

33 

33 

34 

. 

78 

INDEX. 


91 


HORSES— 

Allowance  of,  ...  . 

Equipments,  .... 

Must  be  kept  in  Service  and  Mustered, 

Killed  in  Action  allowed  for. 

Pay  for  those  of  Col.  McDonald's  Regiment, 

Use  and  Risk  of,      . 
INDIAN  AFFAIRS, 

Bureau  of,    . 

Commissioner,  .... 

Clerk,  .  ,  .  .  . 

INFANT  lU'— 

Organization,  .... 

Pay, 

President  may  accept  Volunteers  of, 

Two  Regiments  added,         .■  .  , 

INSPECTOR  OF  COAST  DISTRICTS,    . 
INVENTOR  OF  NEW  ARMED  VESSELS, 
LABORERS,           ..... 
LEGION 

LAWS— 

Certain  United  States  laws  in  force, 
LIGHT-HOUSE  BUREAU, 

Officers  detailed  for, 

Chief  Officer  of,        . 

"  "     to  divide  Coast  into  Districts, 

LIGHT  BATTERIES,        .... 

Enlisted  Men  to  have  Cavalry  pay. 

Officers  serving  with         "         "     . 

LOCAL  DEFENCE— 

Volunteers  for,         .... 
"         Muster  Rolls  to  show  services, 
"         Organization  and  Pay  of, 
"         Field  Officers  President  to  appoint, 
MARINE  CORPS— 

Adjutant  of,  .... 

Organization,  .  .  .  •    . 

P'^y 

Quartermaster  of,    . 
Paymaster  of,  . 

Rations  of,  .... 

MARSHAL— 

Fees  of  Prize  Sales, 

Forfeit,         ..... 

To  file  accounts  fifteen  days  after  sale, 

To  take  charge  of  persons  ou  Prizes  at  time  of  capture, 

MASTER  WORKMEN,      .... 
Armorers,     ..... 

MILITARY  STORE-KEEPERS,   . 

MANAGERS,  ..... 

MEDICAL  DEP.\RTMENT— 

As  many  Officers  for  Hospitals  as  necessary  to  bo 
Cooks  and  Nurses  other  than  Soldiers, 
Organization  of,       . 


appointed, 


16 
9 
16 
10 
71 
10 

4,  33 

33 

33,  36 

13,  48 

15,  17 

37 

48 

11 

58 
20 
54 

3 

11,  12 
11 

11,  12 
11 
13 
17 
15 


72 
72 


31 

52 

31, 

32 

31 

31, 

32 

31, 

52 

53 

40 

41 

40 

45 

17 

17 

73, 

74 

19, 

20 

69 

72 

7,10, 

49 

92 


INDEX. 


MEDICAL  DEPARTMENT— Co/! ^inwecf. 

Officers  exercise  command  in  their  Departments, 

Pay  of, 

Provisional  Army,    . 

Private  Physicians, 

Stewards, 

MARITIME  LAW, 

MANUFACTURE  OF  ARMS, 

MILEAGE, 

To  Discharged  Soldiers, 
To  Officers, 

MILITARY  OPERATIONS— 

In  every  State,  President  to  control, 

MILITIA— 

President  to  Employ, 

May  be  compelled  to  serve  six  months, 

MISSOURI— 

Co-operation  with,  . 

MOUNTED  RIFLEMEN, 

MUNITIONS  OF  WAR,    . 

NEUTRAL  FLAG— 

Covers  Enemy's  Goods, 

NATURALIZATION— 

Of  Enlisted  Men  in  Army, 
Oath  of, 

NAVY  DEPARTMENT,     . 

Assistant  Paymasters  in. 

Chief  Clerk, 

Clerks, 

Clerical  Force, 

Disbursing  Agent,    . 

Length  of  Service, 

Messenger, 

Medical  Officers, 

Ordnance  Officer  of. 

Officer  of  Ordnance  and  Detail, 

Officers  in  Bureau  no  extra  pay. 

Officers  of  United  States  Navy  resi 

Organization, 

President  to  appoint  Officers, 

Paymaster, 

and  Army  Officers,  relative  rank  of, 

Secretary  of. 

Secretary  to  publish  Regulations, 

Sea  Service  in, 

United  States  Laws,  not  incousiste 

Yards, 
OATH,        .... 

OFFICERS, 

Volunteer,  how  appointed. 

Appointment  of,  from  Non-Comraissioned, 

Assigned  to  temporary  rank  with  Volunteers, 

♦'        to  Staff  Duty  with  Volunteers,     . 
Added  to  Artillery, 
"       as  Adjutants, 


gned, 


President  to  decide. 


t,  to  govern. 


7 
15 
69 
71 
49 

69 


16 
56 
16 


70 

37 

4,7 

69 

74,  75 
75 

5 
53 
5,  2a 
5,  31,  34 
20 
20 
80 
20 
31 
31 
31 
31 

34,  35,  53,  59,  60 
5,  34,  35,  52 
30 
31 
32 
31 
32 
80 
32 
3,  82 
25,  75 

57 
9,  37 
14 
57 
49,  65 
73 
57 


INDEX. 


93 


so,  34 


OFFICERS— Continued. 

Field,  .  .  .  , 

General  commanding  separate  Army, 

Medical,  of  Navy,    . 

Paymasters  of  Navy, 

Ordnance,  of  Navy, 

Of  highest  rank  to  Command, 

Of  Orders  and  Detail, 

Of  Missouri  Troops, 

Promotion  of. 

Staff  appointed  by  Generals, 

Kesigued  from  U.  S.  Navy, 

"  "         "     Army,  rank  of, 

To  perform  all  Military  Duty  assigned  by  President 
To  be  examined  before  Appointment, 
Relative  rank  of  Army  and  Navy, 
ORDNANCE,  .... 

Officer  of  Navy, 

Do.    of  Orders  and  Detail, 

Do.    Mechanics  of. 
Sergeant,     .... 

ORGANIZATION— 

Army,  .  .  .  .        8,  9,  10,  12,  13, 

Adjutant  and  Inspector-General's  Department, 

Artillery,      .... 

Commissary-Geueral's  Department, 

Cavalry,        .  .  ,  . 

Company, 

Engineer  Corps, 

Infantry,       .... 

Indian  Bureau, 

Marine  Corps, 

Medical  Department, 

Navy  do. 

Navy,  .... 

Provisional  forces, 

Quar termaster-G  eneral's  Department, 

Sappers  and  Miners, 

Do.       "     Bombardiers, 
Volunteers, 
War  Department,     . 
Zouaves,       .... 

PAYMASTERS— 

Assistants  in  Navy, 
Quartermasters  to  do  duty  of, 
PAY— 

Assistant  Quartermasters, 

"  •*  detailed, 

Aid-dc-camp, 
Artillery, 

Artificers,  &c.,  of  Ordnance, 
Artillery  officers  serving  with  Light  Artillery,  or  on  Ordnance 

duty,         .... 
Assistant  Commissaries, 

"  "  detailed, 

"        Adjutants, 

"        Adjutants-General  for  Volunteers 
Cadets,         ... 
Cavalry, 
Chaplains, 


66 
16 
31 
28,  31 
31 
18 
31 
70 
14 
65 
,  35,  59,  60 
24 
17 
14 
32 
13 
31 
31 
17 
49 


14,  24,  25,  48,  49,  50 

6,  24 

13,  73 

6,  7,  "10,  24 

13,  48 

10,  13 

12,  43 

13,  48 
4 

31,  32,  52 

6,  7,  10,  49 

5 

25,  62 

8 

6,  10,  24,  48 

12,  13 

51 

72 

4 

36,  37 


53 
6 

6 

6 

14 
15 
17 

15 
24 
6 
15 
66 
49 
15 
36,51 


94 


INDEX. 


PAY —  Continued. 

Clerks  of  Bureaus, 

Engineers, 

Enlisted  men, 

Full  of  all  allownnces, 

Field  officers  for  Battalions 

Generals, 

General  StaflF, 

IIoBpital  Stewards, 

Infantry, 

Length  of  service,  Army, 
"        Navy, 

Marine  Corps, 

Medical  Department, 

Messengers, 

Legions, 

Navy,  .  .  .  .  .  .   2i,2i 

One  hundred  regiments  of  Infantry 

Ordnance  Sergeants, 

Provisional  Array, 

Quartermaster  Sergeants, 

Store-keepers, 

Sappers, 

Seamen, 

Surgeons, 

Staff  officers  appointed  by  Generals 

Volunteers, 

Zouaves, 
POWDER, 

Mills, 
PONTONIERS, 

PROVISIONAL  ARMY, 

Surgeons  for, 
POSTAGE, 

Of  Army — pre-paymeut  not  required, 
PRESIDENT— 

May  appoint  civilians  as  staff  officers  to  Generals 

Accept  Provisional  forces. 

Accept  volunteers,  militia,  &c., 

Aids  for  authorized, 

Appoint  officers  of  Army  and  Navy, 

Appoint  field  officers  of  volunteers, 

Assign  Navy  officei's  to  duties  of  defence, 

Appoint  officers  resigned  from  U.  S.  Navy, 

Appoint  assistant  paymasters  of  Navy, 

Appoint  as  many  raeilical  officers  as  necessary. 

Allow  compensation  to  telegraph  agents, 

Assign  subalterns  to  duty  of  adjutants. 

Attach  supernumerary  officers  to  companies, 

Call  out  volunteers. 

Call  out  troops, 

Charter  vessels  for  defence, 

Commission  private  armed  vessels. 

Continue  appointments  made  during  recess  of  Congress, 

Have  constructed  newly  invented  machine. 

Determine  relative  rank  of  Navy  and  Army  officer 

Direct  organization  of  volunteers 

Inflict  retaliation  on  prisoners. 

Revoke  letters  of  marque, 

Receive  into  service  first  North  Carolina  volunteers, 


2G,  2' 


19,  50 
15 
17 
16 
06 
14,  16,  48 
15 
49 

15,  17 
16 
30 

31,  34 
15 

19,  20 

54 

',  28,  29,  30 

53,  54 

49 

8 

49 

49,  74 

15,  52 
SO 
15 
65 
68 
37 
4 
4 
13 

8 
69 

62,  63 
02,  63 

65 

8 

37,  68 

74 

7,  8,  14,  30,  38,  69 
38,  66,  67,  68 
53 
53 
53 
69 
55 
57 
38 
8,  9,  38 
19 
11 
42 
30 
67 
32 
38 
80,  81 
43 
04 


INDEX. 


95 


PRESIDENT— Con/mwerf. 

Receive  arms,  .  .  .  • 

To  control  military  operations  in  States, 

PRINTING,  ..... 

Accounts  of  sworn  to,  . 

"  audited  before  payment, 

Departments  to  contract  for, 

PROMOTION— 

Ey  seniority  to  include  Colonels, 
Regimcntally  and  by  corps  to  include  Colonels, 

PRISONERS  OF  WAR— 

Quartermaster's  department  to  provide  for. 
Retaliation  upon,     .... 

PRIZES— 

Agents  of,  .... 

Acounts  of  sale  to  be  filed  in  fifteen  days  after  sale, 

A.  B.  Thompson  condemned, 

Breaking  bulk  upon, 

Distribution, 

Deduction  of  duties, 

Jurisdiction, 

May  be  sold, 

Jloney  to  widows  and  orphans. 

May  be  removed  before  filing  libel, 

Marslial  to  distribute  proceeds  of  sale. 

Prisoners  on  unarmed, 

Persons  on  at  capture  to  be  placed  in  charge  of  marshal, 

Siild  within  sixty  days  after  condemnation, 

Salvage  upon  recaptures. 

Summoned  before  competent  authority, 

PRIVATEERS,       .... 
Bounty  to  crews  of, 
Commissions, 
Commander  and  owners  to  give  bonds, 

•'  to  keep  journal. 

Crew  of,        . 
Damage  and  costs, 
Forfeit  for  neglecting  journal, 
Instructions  to  govern. 
Journal  to  be  delivered  to  collector, 
Owners,        .... 

"         may  remove  prizes, 
Vessels  destroyed  by,  paid  for  in  bonds, 
Violation  of  laws,  forfeit  for, 
Widows  and  orphans  of  crews, 

QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL'S  DEPARTMENT- 

Assistants, 

"  derailed  from  line,  .* 

"  liable  to  duties  of  commissaries. 

Clerks,  .... 

Of  Marine  Corps,     .  , 

OflScers  of  to  give  bonds,     . 

"         "  not  to  be  concerned  in  supplies. 

Organization  of  Dep:irtment, 

Officers  to  discharge  duties  of  Paymaster, 

Provide  for  prisoners  of  war. 

Sergeant, 

QU.YRTERS,  .... 


41 


5 

5 

5,  6 

6 

14 
14 

61 
80,  81 

40 
40 
64 

44,  82,  83 

44 
47 
45 
39,  40,  83 
47,  48 
41 
40 
61 
45 
39 
44 
44 

to  47,  61,  69 

45,  58,  61 

42 
43 
46 

40,  43 
45 
47 
45 
46 
,  43,  44,  47 
41 
58 
47 

47,  48 


6 

6 

6 

77 

31,  32 

18 

18 

6,  10,  24 

6 

61 

49 

16 


96 


INDEX. 


RANK— 

Highest  to  command,  ..... 

Relative  of  officers  of  Army  and  Navy,  President  to  determine, 
RATIONS, 

Bakeries,      ..... 

Chaplains,  .... 

Commutation  to  be  fixed  by  War  Department, 

Enlisted  men,  .... 

Navy  and  Marines, 

Vegetables,  .... 

REGULATIONS— 

Araiy,  Secretary  of  War  to  have  prepared, 

Navy,  Secretary  to  prepare  and  publish, 
RECRUITING— 

For  Volunteers  of  certain  States, 

RIFLEMEN— 

President  may  accept, 
RULES  AND  ARTICLES  OF  WAR— 
Volunteers  subject  to, 
Army  subject  to,      . 

SAPPERS  AND  MINERS, 

Bombardiers, 
Officers  of. 
Duties  of. 
Pay  of. 
Increase  of, 

SEA  SERVICE, 
SEAMEN, 

SECRETARY— 

Navy, 


War- 


duties  of, 
clerks  of, 
to  publish'Regulations, 


«'  charge  of  Indian  affairs  and  Army, 

"  to  provide  munitions  of  war, 

"  clerks  of, 

"  to  provide  clothing  for  Army, 

♦'  to  publish  Regulations, 

"  to  pay  Governors  of  States  for  clothing  furnished, 

"  requires  bonds  of  disbursing  officers, 

SICK  AND  WOUNDED  SOLDIERS— 
Supplies  for, 

SERVANTS, 

SERGEANT — Additional  to  each  company, 
"  Major, 

SOUTH  CAROLINA  TROOPS, 

STATE  TROOPS— 

Recruiting  stations  for. 

Furnishing  clothing  to  be  reimbursed, 

STAFF— 

Officers  of,  ... 

Civilians  may  be  appointed. 

Term  of  service  of  certain  volunteer  and  militia, 

STORE-KEEPERS,  .... 


18 
32 
17 
85 
84 
17 
17 
71 
86 

17,  18 
32 

80 

37 


9 

18 

12,  51 

52 

51 

52 

12 

12 

18 

15 

52 

51 

52 

30 

30 

5 

5 

5, 

19 

32 

4 

4 

19,  20, 

27 

79 

17, 

18 

79 

18, 

74 

65 

16 

74 

13 

39 

80 

79 

7,  10, 

65 

es, 

83 

11 

49,  73,  74 


INDEX. 


97 


SUBSISTENCE  DEPARTMENT, 

OflScers  to  give  bonds, 

"        not  to  be  concerned  in  supplies, 
SUPERNUMERARY  OFFICERS— 

To  companies, 
SUPPLIES— Military, 

SURGEON  GENERAL, 
Army, 

Nav3', 

Assistant,  Army, 
"  Navy, 

And  assistants  for  Proyisional  Army, 

TELEGRAPH  AGENTS— 
Compensation  for, 

TRAVELLING  EXPENSES, 

TROOPS— 

Sufficient  may  be  called  to  secure  safety, 
Called  into  service  at  Charleston,  S.  C, 
Of  Missouri  to  be  accepted, 

TRANSPORTATION  OF  SUPPLIES— 

For  soldiers,  .... 

UNITED  STATES— 

Laws  not  inconsistent,  of  force, 

VOLUNTEERS— 

As  Cavalry,  Riflemen,  Artillery  or  Infantry, 
Additional  subaltern  to  volunteer  company. 
Armed  by  States  or  by  Confederate  States, 
Assistant  Adjutant-Generals  for,     . 
Clotliing  of,  .... 

Companies  to  be  organized  into  battalions,  &c., 

"  of/rom  sixty-four  to  one  hundred, 

Commissions  to  raise  in  certain  States, 
Discharged, 

Equipments  furnished  for, 
Furnish  their  clothing. 
Field  and  stafl"  of  battalion  of. 
Field  officers, 
Forage  for, 
Fo?  local  defence. 

First  North  Carolina  to  be  mustered. 
Furnish  horses  and  horse  equipments, 
Horses,         .... 
Mounted  allowed  forty  cents  a  day, 

♦'        without  horses  to  serve  on  foot, 
Organization  of,        .  .  .  .  .        8,  9 

Officered,  according  to  laws  of  States,  when  accepted, 
Officers  of  Army  assigned  to  on  staff  duty. 
President  authorized  to  employ,     . 
Recruiting  for,         ..... 
Subject  to  rules  and  articles  of  war. 
Staff  and  general  officers  of,    President  may  apportion 

States,      ..... 
Staff  of.  President  may  increase. 
Certain  company  officers  appointed  by  President, 
Subject  to  act  to  provide  for  public  defence. 
To  serve  twelve  months, 
To  bo  organized  as  Regular  Army, 
Vacancies  among  officers. 
When  mustered  to  be  regarded  as  part  of  Army, 

7 


10,  37 


,87, 


among 

9,10, 


38, 


6 
18 
18 

38 
65,  84 

7 

7,  16 

25 

7,  15 

25 

79 

66 
16 

19 
39 
70 

84 


8 

65 

9 

66 

9,56 

9 

10 

67,  G8 

56 

9,  73 

9 

10,  66 

38,  66 

56 

72 

64 

10 

10,  56 

10,  56 

10 

65,  72 

9 

49,  65 

38,  68 

80 

9 

37,  38 

10,  69 

80 

38 

7 

9,  10 

37 

9 


98 


INDEX. 


WAR— 

President  authorized  to  use  land  and  naval  forces  to  meet, 
Department,  ...... 

Chief  Clerk,  .  .  .  ', 

Clerk,  ....... 

Duties  of  Department  under  naturalization  act, 

Secretary  of  to  appoint  clerk  for  stores  for  sick  and  wounded, 

"  to  provide  clothing  for  Array, 

"  to  pay  Governors  of  States  for  clothing  furnished  to 

troops,  ..... 

"  to  provide  munitions  of  war, 

ZOUAVES— 

Organization  of,        . 

Adjutant  of,  ten  dollars  per  month. 

Paid  as  Infantry,  ..... 

Quartermaster,         ...... 


42 
4 

4 

4,  77 

75 

6-5 

79 

79 
4 

86 
37 
37 
37 


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